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A work made of opaque watercolor on paper.

Farhad Carrying Shirin and Her Horse, from a copy of the Khamsa of Nizami

Islamic · Timurid dynasty (ca. 1370–1507), dated 1485 (890 A.H.)

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Palette

Putty
 70% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.4:1
Linen
 16% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.0:1
Khaki
 9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1
Olive brown
 3% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.5:1
Graphite
 2% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.3:1
Rust
 1% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.7:1

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

Details

Artist
Islamic
Date
Timurid dynasty (ca. 1370–1507), dated 1485 (890 A.H.)
Type
Painting
Medium
Opaque watercolor on paper
Size
27.9 × 17.8 cm (11 × 7 in.)
Place
Iran
Period
15th century
Themes
Horses
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 70, 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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