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A work made of opaque watercolor and gold on paper.

The Siege of Ujjain and the Slaying of the Magic Donkey, from a copy of the Kalakacharyakatha

Unknown artist · c. 1450

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Palette

Biscuit
 41% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.2:1
Warm grey
 17% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1
Tan
 15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.8:1
Fawn
 13% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.9:1
Khaki
 10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1
Terracotta
 4% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.4:1

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

Details

Artist
Unknown artist
Gujarat
Date
c. 1450
Type
Painting
Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Size
Image: 10.1 × 6.9 cm (3 15/16 × 2 11/16 in.); Paper: 11.3 × 25.3 cm (4 7/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Place
India
Period
15th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 63, colourfulness 24

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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