Bhairava

Nepal, Kathmandu Valley artist · 16th century

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Lamp black
46% of the image
Black · text contrast 21.0:1

Walnut
15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.0:1

Dark ochre
13% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.7:1

Cinnamon
12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.7:1

Ochre
11% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.0:1

Pale gold
3% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 11.7:1

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: Nepal, Kathmandu Valley artist
Date: 16th century
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Gilded copper, rock crystal, paint
Size: H. 32 in. (81.3 cm); W. 36 in. (91.4 cm); D. 14 in. (35.6 cm)
Place: Nepal, Kathmandu Valley
Period: 15th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 22, colourfulness 20

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Zimmerman Family Collection, Gift of the Zimmerman Family, 2012. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Bhairava

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