Standing Shiva or Temple Guardian (Dvarapala)

Vietnam (Champa) artist · ca. first half of the 10th century

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Palette

Charcoal
69% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.6:1

Raw umber
16% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1

Fawn
9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.0:1

Lamp black
3% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.6:1

Sepia
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.4:1

Bistre
1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.5:1

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: Vietnam (Champa) artist
Date: ca. first half of the 10th century
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Stone
Size: H. 50 1/2 in. (128.3 cm)
Place: Vietnam (Champa)
Period: 9th century
Main colour: Black · lightness 27, colourfulness 6

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of R. H. Ellsworth Ltd., in honor of Douglas Dillon, 1987. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Standing Shiva or Temple Guardian (Dvarapala)

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