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A work made of opaque watercolor and gold on paper.

Ruler Entertained by Dancers in a Paradise Garden

Unknown artist · Late 18th century

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Palette

Lichen
 63% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.3:1
Taupe
 14% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.6:1
Putty
 9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.5:1
Bone white
 6% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.0:1
Smoke
 6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.1:1
Raw umber
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.9:1

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

Details

Artist
Unknown artist
Uttar Pradesh, Avadh
Date
Late 18th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Size
Image: 30 × 12.9 cm (11 13/16 × 5 1/16 in.); Outermost Border: 26.2 × 15.4 cm (12 5/8 × 6 1/16 in.); Paper: 32 × 21.9 cm (12 5/8 × 8 9/16 in.)
Place
India
Period
18th century
Themes
Gardens · Music and dance
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 60, 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 (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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