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A work made of ink, colors, and gold on paper.

Page from a Copy of The Qur'an

Islamic · 16th/17th century

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Palette

Pale stone
 73% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.5:1
Khaki
 21% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.9:1
Taupe
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.0:1
Slate blue
 2% of the image
Blue · text contrast 7.5:1
Pewter
 1% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.9:1
Indigo
 1% of the image
Blue · text contrast 9.8:1

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

Details

Artist
Islamic
Date
16th/17th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Ink, colors, and gold on paper
Size
31.1 × 21.2 cm (12 1/4 × 8 3/8 in.)
Place
Iran
Period
15th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 74, colourfulness 20

Art Institute of Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago. 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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