A Raja Smoking a Hookah

India (Rajasthan, Kota) artist · ca. 1690–1710

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Putty
48% of the image
Green · text contrast 8.2:1

Dusty rose
23% of the image
Pink · text contrast 5.2:1

Madder
16% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.3:1

Ochre
7% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.7:1

Copper
4% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.4:1

Sand
1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.0:1

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: India (Rajasthan, Kota) artist
Date: ca. 1690–1710
Type: Painting
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Size: 6 1/4 x 4 5/16 in. (15.9 x 11 cm)
Place: India (Rajasthan, Kota)
Period: 17th century
Main colour: Green · lightness 60, colourfulness 26

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Wendy Findlay, 1981. Museum record. Public domain. United States: The Met marks it public domain (isPublicDomain = True). Europe: Anonymous work, made by 1720: its maker died long before 1956, and any term counted from publication has also run out. Last checked 2026-10-31 (isPublicDomain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

A Raja Smoking a Hookah

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