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A work made of opaque watercolor and ink on paper.

Courtyard of a Palace

Islamic · Safavid dynasty (1501–1722), 16th century

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Palette

Sand
 57% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.0:1
Taupe
 26% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1
Dusty rose
 6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.8:1
Oyster
 6% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.5:1
Blue-grey
 4% of the image
Blue · text contrast 5.0:1
Burnt orange
 1% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.9:1

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
Safavid dynasty (1501–1722), 16th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Opaque watercolor and ink on paper
Size
Image: 22.9 × 13.1 cm (9 × 5 3/8 in.); Paper: 26.8 × 14.2 cm (10 9/16 × 5 5/8 in.)
Place
Iran
Period
15th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 66, colourfulness 20

Art Institute of Chicago, Ann McNear Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-28); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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