A Pair of Royal Earrings

India (probably Andhra Pradesh) artist · ca. 1st century BCE

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Palette

Lamp black
71% of the image
Black · text contrast 20.5:1

Bronze
9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1

Sand
8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.1:1

Walnut
5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.3:1

Biscuit
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.5:1

Cinnamon
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.3:1

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

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Artist: India (probably Andhra Pradesh) artist
Date: ca. 1st century BCE
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Gold
Size: Overall (each): H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); W. 3 in. (7.6 cm); L. 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)
Place: India (probably Andhra Pradesh)
Main colour: Black · lightness 16, colourfulness 9

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of John and Evelyn Kossak, The Kronos Collections, 1981. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

A Pair of Royal Earrings

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