A work made of opaque watercolor on cotton.

Vajrapani Chitta Mandala (Sarvadurgati Parishodhana Tantra)

Unknown artist · 15th century

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Palette

Charcoal
39% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.5:1

Pearl grey
27% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.3:1

Tan
20% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1

Sepia
9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.2:1

Brick
5% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.9:1

Pale gold
1% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 8.7:1

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
Ü-Tsang Province
Date: 15th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Opaque watercolor on cotton
Size: 91.4 × 61 cm (36 × 24 in.)
Place: Tibet
Period: 14th century
Main colour: Black · lightness 47, colourfulness 11

Art Institute of Chicago, Otto Doering III Fund. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-29); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Vajrapani Chitta Mandala (Sarvadurgati Parishodhana Tantra)

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