Buddha Maitreya (Mile) Altarpiece

China artist · dated 524 (5th year of Zhengguang reign)

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Palette

Ash
37% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.9:1

Pewter
31% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1

Bronze
12% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1

Sepia
10% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.7:1

Pearl grey
7% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.9:1

Khaki
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.6:1

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

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Artist: China artist
Date: dated 524 (5th year of Zhengguang reign)
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Gilt bronze
Size: H. 30 1/4 (76.8 cm); W. 16 in. (40.6 cm); D. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)
Place: China
Period: 6th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 59, colourfulness 7

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1938. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Buddha Maitreya (Mile) Altarpiece

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