Krishna and Balarama Fight the Evil King Kamsa’s Wrestlers: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana

India (Madhya Pradesh, Malwa) artist · ca. 1650

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Taupe
58% of the image
Pink · text contrast 5.7:1

Chalk
20% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 17.3:1

Graphite
7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.9:1

Pewter
5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.4:1

Terracotta
5% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.0:1

Sand
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.8:1

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

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Artist: India (Madhya Pradesh, Malwa) artist
Date: ca. 1650
Type: Painting
Medium: Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Size: Image: 6 1/2 × 7 3/4 in. (16.5 × 19.7 cm) Mat: 6 3/4 × 7 3/4 in. (17.1 × 19.7 cm)
Place: India (Madhya Pradesh, Malwa)
Period: 17th century
Main colour: Pink · lightness 55, colourfulness 18

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin N. Haas, 1973. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Krishna and Balarama Fight the Evil King Kamsa’s Wrestlers: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana

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