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The magic parrot of the merchant talks to the vizier’s son, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tenth Night

The magic parrot of the merchant talks to the vizier’s son, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tenth Night

Lalu · c. 1560

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Palette

Biscuit
49% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.2:1

Fawn
34% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.7:1

Pale gold
7% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 9.9:1

Smoke
6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.9:1

Terracotta
2% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.0:1

Sienna
2% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.5:1

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: Lalu
Indian, active mid-1500s
Date: c. 1560
Type: Painting
Medium: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Size: Overall: 20 x 13.2 cm (7 7/8 x 5 3/16 in.)
Place: Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
Period: 16th century
Themes: Night and moonlight · Birds
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 67, colourfulness 25

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 Lalu (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