A work made of opaque watercolor on cotton.

Buddhist Deity Green Tara and the Twenty-One Taras

Unknown artist · 18th century

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Palette

Sepia
46% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.7:1

Sand
36% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.3:1

Bronze
9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1

Umber
5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.6:1

Raw umber
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.1:1

Tan
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.4:1

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 on cotton
Size: 53.8 × 34.8 cm (21 3/16 × 13 3/4 in.)
Place: Tibet
Period: 18th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 48, colourfulness 23

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Otto Madlener. 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

Buddhist Deity Green Tara and the Twenty-One Taras

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