A work made of gold and silver pigments on indigo-dyed paper, bamboo, silk, mica, and gilt bronze..

Jingoji Sutra and Wrapper

Unknown artist · Late 12th century

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Palette

Graphite
62% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.6:1

Iron
20% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.6:1

Taupe
7% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1

Ink
5% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.2:1

Slate
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.5:1

Khaki
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1

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
Japanese, active 12th century
Date: Late 12th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Gold and silver pigments on indigo-dyed paper, bamboo, silk, mica, and gilt bronze.
Size: 25.8 (28.9 with knobs) × 1,289 cm
Place: Japan
Period: 11th century
Main colour: Black · lightness 28, colourfulness 7

Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with Funds Provided by the Weston Foundation. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-29); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Jingoji Sutra and Wrapper

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