Madhava plays his vina before five women drawing water from a well, folio 3 from a Madhavanala-Kamakandala

Unknown artist · c. 1720

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Brick
38% of the image
Pink · text contrast 5.5:1

Coral
25% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.5:1

Linen
20% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.2:1

Bronze
10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1

Graphite
6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.8:1

Amber
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.7:1

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

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Artist: Unknown artist
Date: c. 1720
Type: Painting
Medium: Gum tempera and gold on paper
Size: Page: 21.7 x 30.9 cm (8 9/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
Place: Northern India, Pahari kingdoms
Period: 18th century
Main colour: Pink · lightness 54, colourfulness 34

Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Cleveland Museum of Art marks it public domain (share_license_status = CC0). Europe: Anonymous work, made by 1725: 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

Madhava plays his vina before five women drawing water from a well, folio 3 from a Madhavanala-Kamakandala

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