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

Kasuga Deer Mandala

Mandara Shika · 15th century

View at the AIC ↗

Palette

Olive brown
40% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.7:1

Caramel
29% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.3:1

Bronze
14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1

Dark ochre
9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1

Warm grey
5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.0:1

Straw
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.7:1

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

Details

Artist: Mandara Shika
Japanese
Date: 15th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Ink, colors, and gold on silk
Size: 125.6 × 51.1 cm (49 1/2 × 20 1/8 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 14th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 46, colourfulness 27

Art Institute of Chicago, Kate S. Buckingham Endowment. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-27); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Kasuga Deer Mandala

Palette

Details

Works that share this palette