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Miskin · c. 1610

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Palette

Bronze
48% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1

Tan
26% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.0:1

Cream
13% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.3:1

Sepia
6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.5:1

Burnt orange
4% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.4:1

Sienna
3% of the image
Orange · text contrast 5.1:1

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: Miskin
Indian, active 1570s–c. 1604
Date: c. 1610
Type: Painting
Medium: Gum tempera and gold on paper
Size: Painting: 20.9 x 11.7 cm (8 1/4 x 4 5/8 in.)
Place: Mughal India
Period: 17th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 56, colourfulness 28

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 Miskin (death year unrecorded), made by 1615: 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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