A work made of color and ink with gold on silk.

Taima Mandala

Unknown Artist · Late 18th century

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Palette

Tan
69% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1

Green earth
13% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.1:1

Caramel
8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.9:1

Raw umber
6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.9:1

Sepia
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.5:1

Brick
1% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.2:1

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
Japanese, Edo period (1615-1868)
Date: Late 18th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Color and ink with gold on silk
Size: 201.7 × 195.6 cm (79 3/8 × 77 in.)
Place: China
Period: 18th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 51, colourfulness 25

Art Institute of Chicago, Unrestricted Gift from the estate of Mr. Edward E. Brown. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Taima Mandala

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