The Goddess Durga Slaying the Demon Buffalo Mahisha

Bangladesh or India (Bengal) artist · 12th century

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Slate
48% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.0:1

Silver
17% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.6:1

Tan
17% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.5:1

Bronze
12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.6:1

Walnut
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.1:1

Dark chocolate
2% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.4:1

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: Bangladesh or India (Bengal) artist
Date: 12th century
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Argillite
Size: H. 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm); W. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); D. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Place: Bangladesh or India (Bengal)
Period: 11th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 48, colourfulness 9

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Diana L. and Arthur G. Altschul Gift, 1993. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

The Goddess Durga Slaying the Demon Buffalo Mahisha

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