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Islamic · 9th/10th century

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Palette

Smoke
46% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.9:1

Biscuit
36% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.0:1

Sepia
6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.5:1

Taupe
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1

Khaki
4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.0:1

Caramel
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1

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: Islamic
Date: 9th/10th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Ink and color on vellum
Size: 15.5 × 23.3 cm (6 1/8 × 9 3/16 in.)
Place: Middle East
Period: 8th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 58, colourfulness 13

Art Institute of Chicago, Everett and Ann McNear Collection. 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

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