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A work made of watercolor on watermarked paper.

Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)

Unknown artist · Company School, c. 1780-1820

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Palette

Bone white
 85% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.7:1
Smoke
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.3:1
Mushroom
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.9:1
Stone
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1
Warm grey
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.0:1
Putty
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.7:1

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
West Bengal, Kolkata
Date
Company School, c. 1780-1820
Type
Painting
Medium
Watercolor on watermarked paper
Size
63.5 × 47.8 cm (25 × 18 3/4 in.)
Place
India
Period
18th century
Themes
Birds
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 85, colourfulness 11

Art Institute of Chicago, Asian Purchase Campaign Endowment. 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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