A work made of opaque watercolor, gold, and black ink inlaid on laid paper.

Shamsa Medallion

Islamic · 16th/17th century

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Palette

Parchment
78% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.0:1

Straw
11% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.0:1

Khaki
4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.0:1

Bone white
3% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.5:1

Fawn
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.3:1

Pale gold
2% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 9.1:1

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

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Artist: Islamic
Date: 16th/17th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Opaque watercolor, gold, and black ink inlaid on laid paper
Place: Iran
Period: 15th century
Main colour: White & cream · lightness 82, colourfulness 22

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Guy H. Mitchell. 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

Shamsa Medallion

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