Kaiser Sigmund

Unknown artist · 1483 or before

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Palette

Parchment
27% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.4:1

Old gold
27% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.5:1

Stone
18% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.7:1

Apricot
16% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.5:1

Green earth
9% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.6:1

Teal
3% of the image
Teal · text contrast 6.5:1

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: Unknown artist
Date: 1483 or before
Type: Print
Medium: hand-colored woodcut on laid paper
Size: sheet: 22.6 x 13.9 cm (8 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Period: 14th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 67, colourfulness 30

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Anonymous work, made by 1483: its maker died long before 1956, and any term counted from publication has also run out. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

Kaiser Sigmund

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