Queen Kaikeyi reminds King Dasharatha about the sacrifices of King Bali and King Shivi, folio 39 from the Ayodhya Kanda (Book of Ayodhya) of a Ramayana (Rama's Journey)

Unknown artist · c. 1710

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Palette

Khaki
28% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.1:1

Biscuit
24% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.9:1

Chrome yellow
18% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 9.6:1

Coral
18% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.7:1

Ochre
7% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.8:1

Smoke
5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.4:1

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. 1710
Type: Painting
Medium: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Size: Overall: 20 x 38.2 cm (7 7/8 x 15 1/16 in.)
Place: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar, Court of Amar Singh II (reigned 1698–1710)
Period: 17th century
Themes: Reading and letters
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 62, colourfulness 45

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