Chakrasamvara Mandala

Nepal artist · ca. 1100

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Palette

Sepia
35% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.2:1

Raw umber
24% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.3:1

Cinnamon
18% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.4:1

Caramel
18% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.0:1

Lamp black
5% of the image
Black · text contrast 20.3:1

Dark ochre
1% of the image
Gold & ochre · 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

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Artist: Nepal artist
Date: ca. 1100
Type: Painting
Medium: Distemper on cloth
Size: Image: H. 26 1/2 in. (67.3 cm); W. 19 3/4 in. (50.2 cm) Framed: H. 48 in. (121.9 cm); W. 33 in. (83.8 cm); D. 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
Place: Nepal
Period: 11th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 35, colourfulness 20

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1995. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Chakrasamvara Mandala

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