A Knight of the Golden Fleece

Jean Perréal · c. 1495

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Cinnamon
37% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.1:1

Lamp black
25% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.7:1

Coffee
18% of the image
Brown · text contrast 15.4:1

Carmine
14% of the image
Red · text contrast 9.1:1

Amber
4% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 7.8:1

Garnet
3% of the image
Red · text contrast 12.9:1

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: Jean Perréal
1485–1530
Date: c. 1495
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on European walnut
Size: overall: 68 x 53.7 cm (26 3/4 x 21 1/8 in.)
Place: French
Period: 15th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 24, colourfulness 32

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Arthur Sachs. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1530: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1601. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

A Knight of the Golden Fleece

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