Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi

Nepal, Kathmandu Valley artist · 1575–1600

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Palette

Brick
32% of the image
Red · text contrast 7.9:1

Iron
24% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.8:1

Walnut
19% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.9:1

Raw umber
17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.8:1

Bronze
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1

Tan
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.0:1

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: 1575–1600
Type: Painting
Medium: Distemper on cotton
Size: Image: 28 x 24 in. (71.1 x 61 cm)
Place: Nepal, Kathmandu Valley
Period: 16th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 34, colourfulness 24

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Zimmerman Family Collection, Purchase, The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation Fund, 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

Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi

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