Thousand-Armed Chenresi, a Cosmic Form of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara

Tibet artist · 14th century

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Chestnut
50% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.3:1

Graphite
19% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.8:1

Sepia
15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.4:1

Ivory
8% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.3:1

Bronze
7% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1

Putty
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.9:1

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

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Artist: Tibet artist
Date: 14th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Distemper and gold on cloth
Size: Image: H. 28 3/4 in. (73 cm); W. 24 in. (61 cm) Framed: H. 46 1/8 in. (117.2 cm); W. 33 in. (83.8 cm); D. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); Wt. 19 lbs. (8.6 kg)
Place: Tibet
Period: 13th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 40, colourfulness 19

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust Gift, 1989. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Thousand-Armed Chenresi, a Cosmic Form of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara

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