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A work made of pigment and gold on cotton.

The Medicine Buddha Bhaishajyaguru With His Mandala Retinue

Unknown artist · 14th century

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Palette

Brick
 34% of the image
Red · text contrast 7.7:1
Walnut
 20% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.1:1
Graphite
 17% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.8:1
Raw umber
 15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.5:1
Tan
 7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.6:1
Sepia
 7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.1:1

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
Date
14th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Pigment and gold on cotton
Size
104 × 82.7 cm (41 × 32 1/2 in.)
Place
Tibet
Period
13th century
Main colour
Brown · lightness 34, 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 (2026-10-28); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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