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Water-moon Avalokiteshvara by Unidentified artist

Water-moon Avalokiteshvara

Unidentified artist · first half of the 14th century

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Palette

Coffee
 68% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.2:1
Tan
 11% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1
Sepia
 10% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.6:1
Caramel
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.9:1
Raw umber
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.9:1
Copper
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.8:1

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

Details

Artist
Unidentified artist
Date
first half of the 14th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Size
Image: 45 1/16 × 21 7/8 in. (114.5 × 55.6 cm) Overall with mounting: 79 3/8 × 28 in. (201.6 × 71.1 cm) Overall with knobs: 79 3/8 × 30 1/8 in. (201.6 × 76.5 cm)
Place
Korea
Period
13th century
Themes
Night and moonlight
Main colour
Black · lightness 31, colourfulness 14

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Charles Stewart Smith Collection, Gift of Mrs. Charles Stewart Smith, Charles Stewart Smith Jr., and Howard Caswell Smith, in memory of Charles Stewart Smith, 1914. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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