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Watercolor of tiny people and horses, framed with gold flowers on navy background.

Royal Horse Inspection

'Aliquli Jabbadar · Safavid dynasty (1501–1722), late 17th century

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Palette

Sand
 30% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.7:1
Prussian blue
 27% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.6:1
Slate
 17% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.4:1
Taupe
 15% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1
Coral
 8% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.6:1
Linen
 3% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.2:1

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
'Aliquli Jabbadar
Aliquli Jabbadar
Date
Safavid dynasty (1501–1722), late 17th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Size
Page: 46.8 × 31.1 cm, Painting: 23.1 × 17 cm (Page: 18 1/2 × 12 1/4 in., Painting: 9 1/8 × 6 11/16 in.)
Place
Iran
Period
17th century
Themes
Horses
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 48, colourfulness 18

Art Institute of Chicago, Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-30); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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