A work made of pigment and gold on cotton.

Double-Sided Painted Banner (Paubha) with God Shiva

Unknown artist · 16th-17th century

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Palette

Cinnamon
47% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.5:1

Putty
18% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.8:1

Iron
16% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.7:1

Tan
10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.4:1

Green earth
6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1

Deep teal
3% of the image
Teal · text contrast 11.4:1

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: Unknown artist
Date: 16th-17th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Pigment and gold on cotton
Size: 95 × 71 cm (37 3/8 × 28 in.)
Place: Nepal
Period: 16th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 49, colourfulness 24

Art Institute of Chicago, Kate S. Buckingham Fund. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-11-02); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Double-Sided Painted Banner (Paubha) with God Shiva

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