Mandala of the Sun God Surya

Kitaharasa · likely 1379

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Raw umber
27% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.9:1

Cinnamon
20% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.7:1

Sepia
19% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.8:1

Chestnut
19% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.0:1

Umber
8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.9:1

Caramel
8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.8:1

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: Kitaharasa
Date: likely 1379
Type: Painting
Medium: Distemper on cotton
Size: Image: 32 5/8 × 21 1/2 in. (82.9 × 54.6 cm)
Place: Nepal, Kathmandu Valley
Period: 14th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 36, colourfulness 25

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Zimmerman Family Collection, Purchase, The Vincent Astor Foundation and Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 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 the Sun God Surya

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