Mahakala, Protector of the Tent

Central Tibet artist · ca. 1500

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Palette

Taupe
37% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.6:1

Cinnamon
27% of the image
Pink · text contrast 5.9:1

Prussian blue
23% of the image
Blue · text contrast 12.5:1

Tan
8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.9:1

Terracotta
3% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.6:1

Fawn
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.6:1

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: Central Tibet artist
Date: ca. 1500
Type: Painting
Medium: Distemper on cloth
Size: Image: H. 64 in. (162.6 cm); W. 53 in. (134.6 cm) Framed: H. 87 3/8 in. (221.9 cm); W. 65 3/8 in. (166.1 cm); D. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
Place: Central Tibet
Period: 15th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 38, colourfulness 21

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

Mahakala, Protector of the Tent

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