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The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Sixth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot) by Dasavanta

The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Sixth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

Dasavanta · c. 1560

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Palette

Putty
 45% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.7:1
Warm grey
 25% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.9:1
Brick
 11% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.3:1
Slate
 9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.0:1
Dusty rose
 5% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.6:1
Tan
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.2:1

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
Dasavanta
Indian
Date
c. 1560
Type
Painting
Medium
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Size
Overall: 20 x 14.3 cm (7 7/8 x 5 5/8 in.)
Place
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
Period
16th century
Themes
Night and moonlight · Birds
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 60, colourfulness 17

Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Cleveland Museum of Art marks it public domain (share_license_status = CC0). Europe: Artist died 1584: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1655. Last checked 2026-10-31 (share_license_status is CC0: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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