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A work made of cotton, plain weave; painted.

Painted Textile

Chancay · c. 1000

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Palette

Tan
 62% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.2:1
Oyster
 15% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.0:1
Smoke
 8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.1:1
Terracotta
 8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.5:1
Taupe
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.5:1
Putty
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.7:1

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
Chancay
Date
c. 1000
Type
Painting
Medium
Cotton, plain weave; painted
Size
Approx: 83.8 × 134.6 cm (33 × 53 in.)
Place
Peruvian North Coast
Period
9th century
Themes
Seascapes and the coast · Birds
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 62, colourfulness 21

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Bettina Schwimmer. 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

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