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A work made of pigment on cloth.

Birth Stories of the Youth Karma, Indra, the Buddha Brahma, and the Dancer, from a set based on the Hundred Jatakas of the Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje (1284-1339)

Unknown artist · c. 1450–1550

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Palette

Sepia
 33% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.8:1
Raw umber
 28% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.7:1
Iron
 17% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.3:1
Taupe
 11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.6:1
Chestnut
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.4:1
Umber
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.7:1

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
Unknown artist
Date
c. 1450–1550
Type
Painting
Medium
Pigment on cloth
Size
71.5 × 51.5 cm (28 3/16 × 20 5/16 in.)
Place
China
Period
15th century
Themes
Music and dance
Main colour
Brown · lightness 40, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Through prior gift of Russell Tyson. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-30); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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