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The three young men present themselves as suitors for the hand of Zuhra, the daughter of the merchant of Kabul, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fourth Night by Unknown artist

The three young men present themselves as suitors for the hand of Zuhra, the daughter of the merchant of Kabul, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fourth Night

Unknown artist · c. 1560

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Palette

Putty
 42% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.3:1
Dusty rose
 27% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.7:1
Warm grey
 12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.0:1
Mauve
 11% of the image
Pink · text contrast 5.1:1
Steel blue
 5% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.6:1
Madder
 3% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.4:1

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

Details

Artist
Unknown artist
Date
c. 1560
Type
Painting
Medium
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Size
Painting only: 16 x 10 cm (6 5/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Place
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
Period
16th century
Themes
Night and moonlight · Birds
Main colour
Pink · lightness 61, colourfulness 18

Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Cleveland Museum of Art marks it public domain (share_license_status = CC0). Europe: Anonymous work, made by 1565: its maker died long before 1956, and any term counted from publication has also run out. Last checked 2026-10-31 (share_license_status is CC0: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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