Madhava faces a man holding a scale, folio 1 from a Madhavanala-Kamakandala

Unknown artist · c. 1720

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Pale stone
30% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.2:1

Taupe
29% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.4:1

Terracotta
15% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.5:1

Old gold
13% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1

Saffron
8% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 8.7:1

Graphite
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.8:1

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, ink, and gold on paper
Size: Page: 21.8 x 30.4 cm (8 9/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
Place: Northern India, Pahari kingdoms
Period: 17th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 61, colourfulness 30

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 1730: 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 faces a man holding a scale, folio 1 from a Madhavanala-Kamakandala

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