A work made of opaque watercolor with gold on cotton.

Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) in Multiple Forms, with Peaceful and Wrathful Meditational Deities and Protectors

Unknown artist · 18th century

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Palette

Raw umber
31% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.8:1

Bronze
27% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.4:1

Iron
14% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.5:1

Cinnamon
12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.7:1

Tan
10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.6:1

Spruce
6% of the image
Green · 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

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Artist: Unknown artist
Date: 18th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Opaque watercolor with gold on cotton
Size: 60 × 43.4 cm (23 5/8 × 17 1/8 in.)
Place: Tibet
Period: 18th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 43, colourfulness 22

Art Institute of Chicago, Everett and Ann McNear Collection. 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

Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) in Multiple Forms, with Peaceful and Wrathful Meditational Deities and Protectors

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