A work made of ink, colors, and gold on paper.

Qur'an Manuscript in Muhaqqaq

Islamic · 13th/14th century

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Palette

Pale stone
55% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 11.8:1

Putty
33% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.2:1

Mushroom
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.5:1

Stone
4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.8:1

Taupe
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.4:1

Bronze
1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.8:1

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: Islamic
Date: 13th/14th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Ink, colors, and gold on paper
Size: 35.8 × 26.4 cm (14 × 10 3/8 in.)
Place: Iran
Period: 12th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 78, colourfulness 13

Art Institute of Chicago, Logan-Patten-Ryerson Collection. 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

Qur'an Manuscript in Muhaqqaq

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