A work made of opaque watercolor and gold on paper.

Zal Climbing to Rudaba, page from a copy of the Shahnama of Firdausi

Islamic · Safavid dynasty (1501–1722), dated 1580/90

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Palette

Biscuit
56% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.4:1

Taupe
23% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1

Tan
12% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.8:1

Olive brown
5% of the image
Green · text contrast 7.1:1

Terracotta
3% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.8:1

Denim
2% of the image
Blue · text contrast 7.4:1

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
Shiraz
Date: Safavid dynasty (1501–1722), dated 1580/90
Type: Painting
Medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Size: 26 × 17 cm (10 1/4 × 6 3/4 in.)
Place: Shiraz
Period: 16th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 64, colourfulness 24

Art Institute of Chicago, Ann McNear Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-11-01); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Zal Climbing to Rudaba, page from a copy of the Shahnama of Firdausi

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