A work made of opaque watercolor on paper.

The Infant Krishna Spirited Away by Vasudev, from a copy of the Dispersed Bhagavat Purana

Unknown artist · c. 1520–1530

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Palette

Biscuit
51% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.1:1

Taupe
16% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1

Madder
11% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.7:1

Brick
8% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.9:1

Graphite
8% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.3:1

Slate
7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.8:1

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: Unknown artist
Delhi-Agra region, possibly Mathura
Date: c. 1520–1530
Type: Painting
Medium: Opaque watercolor on paper
Size: 17.4 × 23.3 cm (6 13/16 × 9 3/16 in.)
Place: India
Period: 16th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 60, colourfulness 24

Art Institute of Chicago, Everett McNear Collection. 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

The Infant Krishna Spirited Away by Vasudev, from a copy of the Dispersed Bhagavat Purana

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