Ritual Altar Set

China artist · late 11th century BCE

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Palette

Silver
58% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.2:1

Green earth
15% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.7:1

Ash
12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.1:1

Iron
10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.8:1

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

Smoke
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.4:1

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: China artist
Date: late 11th century BCE
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Bronze
Size: Overall (table): H. 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm); W. 18 1/4 in. (46.4 cm); D. 35 3/8 in. (89.9 cm)
Place: China
Main colour: Grey · lightness 62, colourfulness 4

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Munsey Fund, 1931. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Ritual Altar Set

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