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Three Musicians Perform Before a King: Shri Raga, from a Ragamala by Unknown artist

Three Musicians Perform Before a King: Shri Raga, from a Ragamala

Unknown artist · c. 1650

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Palette

Oyster
 31% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.2:1
Coral
 22% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.9:1
Soot
 18% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.2:1
Straw
 12% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.0:1
Saffron
 9% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 9.3:1
Poppy
 8% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.2:1

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. 1650
Type
Painting
Medium
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Size
20.8 x 16.5 cm (8 3/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Place
Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa
Period
17th century
Themes
Music and dance
Main colour
Red · lightness 62, 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 1660: 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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