Crowned Buddha

Burma artist · ca. 13th–early 14th century

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Palette

Pearl grey
47% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.3:1

Graphite
16% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.7:1

Slate
15% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.5:1

Blue-grey
10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.2:1

Ink
8% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.9:1

Pale blue-grey
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.6:1

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

Details

Artist: Burma artist
Date: ca. 13th–early 14th century
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Wood with lacquer and gilt
Size: H. 67 3/4 in. (172.1 cm)
Place: Burma
Period: 12th century
Main colour: White & cream · lightness 61, colourfulness 4

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 1986. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Crowned Buddha

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