A girl worshipping the rising sun (Surya puja)

Chokha · c. 1810

View at Cleveland ↗

Palette

Poppy
27% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.5:1

Sage
27% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.1:1

Tan
19% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.3:1

Pale stone
14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.0:1

Green earth
11% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.6:1

Brick
2% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.9:1

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: Chokha
Indian, active c. 1799–1824
Date: c. 1810
Type: Painting
Medium: Gum tempera and gold on paper
Size: Painting: 20.3 x 13.3 cm (8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Place: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Devgarh
Period: 18th century
Main colour: Green · lightness 58, colourfulness 33

Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Cleveland Museum of Art marks it public domain (share_license_status = CC0). Europe: Artist died 1830: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1901. Last checked 2026-10-31 (share_license_status is CC0: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

A girl worshipping the rising sun (Surya puja)

Palette

Details

Works that share this palette