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Lineage Portrait of an Abbot by Central Tibet artist

Lineage Portrait of an Abbot

Central Tibet artist · ca. 1350

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Palette

Caramel
 40% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.6:1
Rust
 37% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.6:1
Amber
 12% of the image
Orange · text contrast 5.4:1
Coffee
 5% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.8:1
Prussian blue
 4% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.5:1
Green earth
 2% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.5:1

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
Central Tibet artist
Date
ca. 1350
Type
Painting
Medium
Distemper on cloth
Size
Overall: 30 3/8 x 23 1/2 in. (77.2 x 59.7 cm)
Place
Central Tibet
Period
14th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Brown · lightness 44, colourfulness 41

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Philanthropic Fund Gift, 1991. 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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