Door Guardian (Dvarapala)

Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara) artist · ca. 4th century

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Palette

Pewter
46% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1

Charcoal
20% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.4:1

Tan
11% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1

Raw umber
11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.2:1

Slate
10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.7:1

Bistre
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.5:1

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: Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara) artist
Date: ca. 4th century
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Stucco
Size: H. 18 in. (45.7 cm); W. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm)
Place: Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
Main colour: Grey · lightness 42, colourfulness 6

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 1991. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Door Guardian (Dvarapala)

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