Green Tara

Aniko · c. 1260s, mounted 2020

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Palette

Umber
35% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.7:1

Tan
26% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.4:1

Sepia
13% of the image
Green · text contrast 8.1:1

Soot
10% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.8:1

Brick
9% of the image
Red · text contrast 7.3:1

Carmine
8% of the image
Red · text contrast 8.0:1

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

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Artist: Aniko
Nepalese, active in Tibet mid- to late 1200s
Date: c. 1260s, mounted 2020
Type: Painting
Medium: Thangka; gum tempera, ink, and gold on sized cotton; mount: silk
Size: Overall: 107 x 65 cm (42 1/8 x 25 9/16 in.)
Place: Central Tibet
Period: 13th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 36, colourfulness 23

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 Aniko (death year unrecorded), made by 1270: 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

Green Tara

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