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A work made of pigment on cloth.

Birth Stories of the Buddha Udayin, the Wealthy King, and Brahma Joy of the Moon, 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

Raw umber
 36% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.1:1
Sepia
 31% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.2:1
Umber
 13% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.9:1
Iron
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.5:1
Chestnut
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.2:1
Taupe
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.6:1

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
Night and moonlight
Main colour
Brown · lightness 38, colourfulness 17

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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