Mandala of Raktayamari

Mikyo Dorje · late 14th century

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Charcoal
52% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.6:1

Chestnut
18% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.2:1

Smoke
15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.7:1

Tan
7% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.6:1

Raw umber
5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.5:1

Warm grey
2% 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: Mikyo Dorje
Date: late 14th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Distemper on cloth
Size: Image: 37 1/2 x 30 in. (95.3 x 76.2 cm) Framed: 48 1/8 x 33 in. (122.2 x 83.8 cm)
Place: Central Tibet
Period: 14th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 30, colourfulness 12

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

Mandala of Raktayamari

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