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

Maharao Guman Singh Riding an Elephant in Procession

Unknown artist · dated 1770 (samvat 1827)

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Palette

Straw
53% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.0:1

Iron
19% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.6:1

Terracotta
14% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.8:1

Lamp black
6% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.0:1

Putty
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.1:1

Amber
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1

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
Rajasthan, Kota
Date: dated 1770 (samvat 1827)
Type: Painting
Medium: Opaque watercolor, black ink, and gold on tan paper
Size: Paper: 37.5 × 54 cm (14 3/4 × 21 1/4 in.); Image: 33.8 × 50.2 cm (13 5/16 × 19 3/4 in.)
Place: India
Period: 18th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 55, colourfulness 31

Art Institute of Chicago, Mrs. Clive Runnells Fund. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Maharao Guman Singh Riding an Elephant in Procession

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