Amitabha, the Buddha of the Western Pure Land (Sukhavati)

Central Tibet artist · ca. 1700

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Palette

Taupe
48% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.1:1

Iron
30% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.7:1

Charcoal
9% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.1:1

Cinnamon
7% of the image
Pink · text contrast 5.2:1

Soot
3% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.0:1

Caramel
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.4:1

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: Central Tibet artist
Date: ca. 1700
Type: Painting
Medium: Distemper with gold on cloth
Size: 56 1/4 × 39 1/2 in. (142.9 × 100.3 cm)
Place: Central Tibet
Period: 17th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 39, colourfulness 15

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Barbara and William Karatz Gift and funds from various donors, 2004. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Amitabha, the Buddha of the Western Pure Land (Sukhavati)

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