A work made of hanging scroll; ink, colors, and gold on silk.

Nehan: Death of the Buddha

Unknown artist · late 17th/early 18th century

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Palette

Taupe
35% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1

Mushroom
32% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.4:1

Green earth
12% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.7:1

Straw
12% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.6:1

Tan
5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.9:1

Slate
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.1:1

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
Japanese
Date: late 17th/early 18th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink, colors, and gold on silk
Size: Painted Image: 351.8 × 250.6 cm (138 1/2 × 98 5/8 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 16th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 58, colourfulness 18

Art Institute of Chicago, Martin A. Ryerson Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-11-02); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Nehan: Death of the Buddha

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