Folk Painting

India (Rajasthan, Marwar) artist · 1725

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Palette

Sepia
50% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.8:1

Chalk
21% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 17.4:1

Terracotta
17% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.1:1

Tan
10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.8:1

Honey
2% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 7.6:1

Peach
1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.8:1

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 (Rajasthan, Marwar) artist
Date: 1725
Type: Painting
Medium: Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Size: 7 5/8 x 5 11/16 in. (19.4 x 14.5 cm)
Place: India (Rajasthan, Marwar)
Period: 18th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 57, colourfulness 21

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Findlay Gift, 1979. Museum record. Public domain. United States: The Met marks it public domain (isPublicDomain = True). Europe: Anonymous work, made by 1725: its maker died long before 1956, and any term counted from publication has also run out. Last checked 2026-10-31 (isPublicDomain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

Folk Painting

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