Covered jar

Mexican artist · ca. 1675–1700

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Palette

Pewter
41% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.3:1

Slate
24% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.8:1

Chestnut
16% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.1:1

Graphite
12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.0:1

Mahogany
4% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.8:1

Terracotta
3% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.9:1

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

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Artist: Mexican artist
Date: ca. 1675–1700
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Earthenware, burnished, with white paint and silver leaf
Size: 27 3/4 in. (70.5 cm)
Place: Mexico
Period: 17th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 42, colourfulness 6

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sansbury-Mills Fund, 2015. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Covered jar

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