Portrait of a Female Donor

Petrus Christus · c. 1455

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Palette

Dark chocolate
52% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.5:1

Garnet
17% of the image
Red · text contrast 13.0:1

Tan
16% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.5:1

Pale stone
6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.6:1

Taupe
6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.8:1

Blue-grey
3% of the image
Teal · text contrast 6.2:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

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Artist: Petrus Christus
1424–1475
Date: c. 1455
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on panel
Size: overall: 41.8 x 21.6 cm (16 7/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
Place: Netherlandish
Period: 15th century
Themes: Portraits
Main colour: Black · lightness 27, colourfulness 18

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1475: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1546. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

Portrait of a Female Donor

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