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A work made of opaque watercolor on paper.

The Constellation Leo, folio probably from the Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-thabita (Book of the Images of the Fixed Stars)

Islamic · Timurid dynasty (ca. 1370–1507), dated c.1500

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Palette

Putty
 71% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.6:1
Fawn
 11% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.3:1
Sepia
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.6:1
Raw umber
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.5:1
Oyster
 5% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.0:1
Khaki
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · 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
Islamic
Date
Timurid dynasty (ca. 1370–1507), dated c.1500
Type
Painting
Medium
Opaque watercolor on paper
Size
21.3 × 14.3 cm (8 3/8 × 5 5/8 in.)
Place
Iran
Period
15th century
Themes
Reading and letters
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 70, colourfulness 20

Art Institute of Chicago, Ann McNear Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-29); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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