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A work made of ink and opaque watercolor on paper.

Page from a Manuscript of Kulliyat (Complete Works) by Sa'di

Islamic · Safavid Dynasty (1501-1736), 17th century

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Palette

Parchment
 68% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.7:1
Moss
 14% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.6:1
Caramel
 8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1
Slate
 7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.0:1
Sienna
 2% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.5:1
Persimmon
 1% 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

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Artist
Islamic
Date
Safavid Dynasty (1501-1736), 17th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Size
25.9 × 16 cm (10 3/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
Place
Iran
Period
16th century
Themes
Reading and letters
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 71, colourfulness 24

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Charles Zadok, Milwaukee. 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

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