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The guard spares the life of the slave when he learns that he is the son of the princess of the Rum, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night by Unknown artist

The guard spares the life of the slave when he learns that he is the son of the princess of the Rum, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night

Unknown artist · c. 1560

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Palette

Biscuit
 61% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.1:1
Dusty rose
 14% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.5:1
Lavender grey
 12% of the image
Purple · text contrast 5.0:1
Mushroom
 10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.6:1
Terracotta
 1% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.8:1
Straw
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.2:1

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
Unknown artist
Date
c. 1560
Type
Painting
Medium
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Size
Painting only: 7.9 x 10 cm (3 1/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
Place
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
Period
16th century
Themes
Night and moonlight · Birds
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 65, colourfulness 22

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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