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The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Eleventh Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot) by Banavari 2

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

Banavari 2 · c. 1560

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Palette

Putty
 65% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.3:1
Dusty rose
 11% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.5:1
Warm grey
 11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.3:1
Tan
 7% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.0:1
Slate
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.7:1
Blue-grey
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.9:1

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
Banavari 2
Indian, active 1550s-1590s
Date
c. 1560
Type
Painting
Medium
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Size
Overall: 20.1 x 13.6 cm (7 15/16 x 5 3/8 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 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 Banavari 2 (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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