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Illustrated manuscript of the Lotus Sutra, Volume 2 by Unidentified artist

Illustrated manuscript of the Lotus Sutra, Volume 2

Unidentified artist · ca. 1340

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Palette

Sepia
 49% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.0:1
Charcoal
 26% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.6:1
Lamp black
 10% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.1:1
Raw umber
 7% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1
Iron
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.2:1
Bistre
 1% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.7:1

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
ca. 1340
Type
Painting
Medium
Accordion-fold book; gold and silver on indigo-dyed mulberry paper
Size
Image: 9 x 4 1/2 in. (22.9 x 11.4 cm) Overall: 13 x 4 1/2 x 7/8 in. (33 x 11.4 x 2.2 cm)
Place
Korea
Period
14th century
Themes
Flowers
Main colour
Brown · lightness 30, colourfulness 10

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1994. 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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