Female Dancer

China artist · 2nd century BCE

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Palette

Ash
31% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.6:1

Silver
30% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.2:1

Pewter
29% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.7:1

Mushroom
7% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1

Raw umber
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.4:1

Iron
1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.3:1

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: 2nd century BCE
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Earthenware with slip and pigment
Size: H. 21 in. (53.3 cm); W. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm); D. 7 in. (17.8 cm)
Place: China
Themes: Music and dance
Main colour: Grey · lightness 62, colourfulness 3

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Charlotte C. and John C. Weber Collection, Gift of Charlotte C. and John C. Weber, 1992. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules