Buddha, probably Amitabha

China artist · early 7th century

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Palette

Smoke
38% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.8:1

Graphite
31% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.9:1

Warm grey
19% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.8:1

Pearl grey
7% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.2:1

Sepia
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.1:1

Sand
1% of the image
Gold & ochre · 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

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Artist: China artist
Date: early 7th century
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Dry lacquer with polychrome pigment and gilding
Size: H. 38 in. (96.5 cm); W. 27 in. (68.6 cm); D. 22 1/2 in. (57.1 cm)
Place: China
Period: 6th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 43, colourfulness 4

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1919. 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, probably Amitabha

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