A work made of opaque watercolor and gold on paper.

Krishna Watches a Juggler, from a copy of the Seven Hundred Verses (Sat Sai) of Bihari

Unknown artist · c. 1750-1790

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Palette

Oyster
38% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.5:1

Coral
30% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.6:1

Ochre
10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.9:1

Khaki
9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.1:1

Chrome yellow
9% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 10.5:1

Olive brown
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.2:1

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

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Artist: Unknown artist
Rajasthan, Mewar
Date: c. 1750-1790
Type: Painting
Medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Size: Image: 31.2 × 17.8 cm (12 1/4 × 7 in.); Border: 32.2 × 18.8 cm (12 5/8 × 7 3/8 in.); Paper: 35.3 × 24.9 cm (13 7/8 × 9 3/4 in.)
Place: India
Period: 18th century
Main colour: Red · lightness 69, colourfulness 36

Art Institute of Chicago, Everett and Ann McNear 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

Krishna Watches a Juggler, from a copy of the Seven Hundred Verses (Sat Sai) of Bihari

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