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Karaikkal Ammaiyar, Shaiva Saint by India (Tamil Nadu) artist

Karaikkal Ammaiyar, Shaiva Saint

India (Tamil Nadu) artist · ca. late 13th century

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Palette

Ash
 51% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.0:1
Slate
 13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.7:1
Pearl grey
 13% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.1:1
Soot
 10% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.6:1
Silver
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.0:1
Pine
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.9:1

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
India (Tamil Nadu) artist
Date
ca. late 13th century
Type
Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium
Copper alloy
Size
H. 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm); W. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); D. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Place
India (Tamil Nadu)
Period
13th century
Themes
Music and dance · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Grey · lightness 55, colourfulness 4

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Edward J. Gallagher Jr. Bequest, in memory of his father, Edward Joseph Gallagher, his mother, Ann Hay Gallagher, and his son, Edward Joseph Gallagher III, 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

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