Acala, The Buddhist Protector

Nepal, Kathmandu Valley artist · equivalent to February / March 1322

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Cinnamon
36% of the image
Pink · text contrast 5.8:1

Linen
24% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.0:1

Taupe
22% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.1:1

Tan
11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.9:1

Iron
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.0:1

Brick
4% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.9:1

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: Nepal, Kathmandu Valley artist
Date: equivalent to February / March 1322
Type: Painting
Medium: Distemper and gold on cloth
Size: Image: 32 × 26 1/2 in. (81.3 × 67.3 cm) Framed: 49 7/8 × 36 5/8 × 2 in. (126.7 × 93 × 5.1 cm)
Place: Nepal, Kathmandu Valley
Period: 14th century
Main colour: Pink · lightness 54, colourfulness 22

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Perry J. Lewis, 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

Acala, The Buddhist Protector

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