Shiva and Parvati Playing Chaupar: Folio from a Rasamanjari Series

Devidasa of Nurpur · dated 1694–95

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Chestnut
41% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.9:1

Saffron
29% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.7:1

Straw
11% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.1:1

Putty
9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.6:1

Soot
9% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.8:1

Brick
1% of the image
Red · text contrast 7.1:1

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: Devidasa of Nurpur
active ca. 1680–ca. 1720
Date: dated 1694–95
Type: Painting
Medium: Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
Size: Image: 6 1/2 x 10 7/8 in. (16.5 x 27.6 cm) Sheet: 8 x 12 1/4 in. (20.3 x 31.1 cm) Framed: 15 5/8 x 20 1/2 in. (39.7 x 52.1 cm)
Place: India (Basohli, Jammu)
Period: 17th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 48, colourfulness 38

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. J. C. Burnett, 1957. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Shiva and Parvati Playing Chaupar: Folio from a Rasamanjari Series

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