A work made of watercolor on paper watermarked j. whatman with pencil, pen, ink and gold.

I'timad-ud-Daula's Tomb at Agra

Unknown artist · c. 1820

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Palette

Linen
43% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.0:1

Pale stone
40% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.4:1

Mushroom
9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.2:1

Tan
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1

Sepia
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.0:1

Taupe
1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.9:1

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
Agra
Date: c. 1820
Type: Painting
Medium: Watercolor on paper watermarked J. Whatman with pencil, pen, ink and gold
Size: 51 × 74 cm (21 1/8 × 29 1/8 in.)
Place: India
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 80, colourfulness 13

Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by the Friends of Indian and Islamic Art of The Art Institute of Chicago. 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

I'timad-ud-Daula's Tomb at Agra

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