A work made of opaque watercolor and gold (as a watercolor) on cotton.

Amitayus Buddha Surrounded by One Hundred Buddhas

Unknown artist · 18th-19th century

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Palette

Taupe
49% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1

Pale stone
18% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.2:1

Cinnamon
13% of the image
Pink · text contrast 5.1:1

Fawn
12% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.4:1

Slate
6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.4:1

Madder
1% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.3:1

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-19th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Opaque watercolor and gold (as a watercolor) on cotton
Size: Image: 86.6 × 53.5 cm (34 1/8 × 21 1/8 in.); Cloth: 89.8 × 56.5 cm (35 3/8 × 22 1/4 in.)
Place: Tibet
Period: 18th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 55, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Margaret Walbank. 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

Amitayus Buddha Surrounded by One Hundred Buddhas

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