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The king plucks fruit from the Tree of Life with his own hands and feeds it to a lady, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night by Suraju

The king plucks fruit from the Tree of Life with his own hands and feeds it to a lady, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night

Suraju · c. 1560

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Palette

Putty
 62% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.6:1
Taupe
 23% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.9:1
Lichen
 6% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.4:1
Terracotta
 4% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.3:1
Dusty rose
 3% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.9:1
Slate blue
 2% of the image
Blue · text contrast 5.7:1

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
Suraju
Indian
Date
c. 1560
Type
Painting
Medium
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Size
Overall: 20 x 13.4 cm (7 7/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Place
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
Period
16th century
Themes
Night and moonlight · Birds · Trees and forests
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 66, colourfulness 15

Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Cleveland Museum of Art marks it public domain (share_license_status = CC0). Europe: Made by Suraju (death year unrecorded), 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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