Buddha Maitreya (Mile)

China artist · dated 486 (10th year of Taihe reign)

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Palette

Pearl grey
32% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.1:1

Ash
25% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.6:1

Pewter
20% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.7:1

Raw umber
12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.5:1

Bistre
9% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.0:1

Khaki
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.7:1

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 486 (10th year of Taihe reign)
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Gilt bronze with traces of pigment; piece-mold cast
Size: H. 55 1/4 in. (140.3 cm); W. 24 1/2 in. (62.2 cm); D. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
Place: China
Main colour: Grey · lightness 60, colourfulness 5

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1926. 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)

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