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A work made of opaque watercolor and ink on paper.

Amir Khusrau Dedicates His Poem to Sultan Ala al-Din Khalji, page from the Quintet (Khamsa) of Amir Khusraw Dehlavi

Unknown artist · Delhi Sultanate period (1206-1526) mid–15th century

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Palette

Khaki
 61% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.8:1
Pale stone
 14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.7:1
Raw umber
 11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.8:1
Iron
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.6:1
Sienna
 5% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.6:1
Mustard
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.6:1

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
Delhi Sultanate period (1206-1526) mid–15th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Opaque watercolor and ink on paper
Size
Image: 13 × 21.4 cm (5 1/8 × 8 3/8 in.); Page: 36.5 × 27 cm (14 3/8 × 10 5/8 in.)
Place
India
Period
14th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 61, colourfulness 26

Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation. 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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