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Cosmological Mandala with Mount Meru by China artist

Cosmological Mandala with Mount Meru

China artist · 14th century

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Palette

Warm grey
 42% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1
Putty
 24% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.6:1
Smoke
 15% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.7:1
Terracotta
 9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1
Sienna
 7% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.5:1
Iron
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.0:1

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
China artist
Date
14th century
Type
Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium
Silk tapestry (kesi)
Size
Overall: 33 x 33 in. (83.8 x 83.8cm)
Place
China
Period
13th century
Themes
Mountains
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 57, colourfulness 17

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Fletcher Fund and Joseph E. Hotung and Michael and Danielle Rosenberg Gifts, 1989. 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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