A couple seated against two pillows engaged in sex, from an erotic series

Unknown artist · c. 1700–1710

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Palette

Linen
24% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.4:1

Tangerine
23% of the image
Orange · text contrast 6.2:1

Apricot
21% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.7:1

Copper
13% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.0:1

Saffron
9% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 7.5:1

Green earth
9% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.4:1

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: Unknown artist
Date: c. 1700–1710
Type: Painting
Medium: Gum tempera on paper
Size: Image: 18.1 x 16.4 cm (7 1/8 x 6 7/16 in.)
Place: Northern India, Pahari kingdoms
Period: 17th century
Main colour: Orange · lightness 66, colourfulness 38

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 1720: 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

A couple seated against two pillows engaged in sex, from an erotic series

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