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Fragment of a mural from the city of Teotihuacan mural painted in red and white tones that depicts a ritual figure with speach scroll and scatting sacred bjects.

Mural Fragment Depicting a Maguey Bloodletting Ritual

Teotihuacan · 500–600 CE

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Palette

Pearl grey
 50% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.3:1
Brick
 28% of the image
Pink · text contrast 5.3:1
Burnt sienna
 18% of the image
Red · text contrast 8.7:1
Dusty rose
 2% of the image
Pink · text contrast 5.9:1
Iron
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.9:1
Pewter
 1% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.6:1

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
Teotihuacan
Tlacuilapaxco apartment compound, Teotihuacán, Mexico
Date
500–600 CE
Type
Painting
Medium
Lime plaster with mineral pigment
Size
63.8 × 95 cm (25 × 37 1/2 in.)
Place
Teotihuacán
Themes
Landscapes · Myths and legends
Main colour
Grey · lightness 61, colourfulness 17

Art Institute of Chicago, Ada Turnbull Hertle Endowment Fund. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-27); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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