Sitting boy

China artist · 12th century

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Palette

Ink
26% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.4:1

Silver
21% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.7:1

Graphite
18% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.2:1

Smoke
15% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.3:1

Mushroom
15% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.3:1

Pale stone
6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.7:1

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: 12th century
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Earthenware with slip
Size: H. 12 in. (30.5 cm); W. 8 ¾ in. (22.2 cm); D. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
Place: China
Period: 11th century
Main colour: Black · lightness 42, colourfulness 4

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2024. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Sitting boy

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