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Water-Moon Avalokiteshvara by Unidentified artist

Water-Moon Avalokiteshvara

Unidentified artist · 14th century

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Palette

Sepia
 45% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.0:1
Lamp black
 20% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.4:1
Raw umber
 16% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.9:1
Umber
 9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.5:1
Bronze
 8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1
Graphite
 1% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.9:1

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
Unidentified artist
Date
14th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
Size
Image: 40 1/2 × 20 3/8 in. (102.9 × 51.8 cm) Overall with mounting: 72 × 27 3/8 in. (182.9 × 69.5 cm) Overall with knobs: 72 × 29 3/8 in. (182.9 × 74.6 cm)
Place
Korea
Period
13th century
Themes
Night and moonlight
Main colour
Brown · lightness 28, colourfulness 14

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929. 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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