Head of a Buddha

Indonesia (Java) artist · 9th century

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Smoke
44% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.3:1

Graphite
21% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.4:1

Silver
20% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.5:1

Ash
7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.1:1

Stone
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1

Fawn
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.1:1

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: Indonesia (Java) artist
Date: 9th century
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Andesite
Size: H. 13 3/8 in. (34 cm); W. 9 13/16 in. (25 cm)
Place: Indonesia (Java)
Period: 8th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 50, colourfulness 5

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1982. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Head of a Buddha

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