Two box panels with mithuna couples

India (Tamil Nadu) artist · late 17th–early 18th century

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Lamp black
35% of the image
Black · text contrast 21.0:1

Biscuit
32% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.1:1

Fawn
24% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.6:1

Raw umber
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1

Sand
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.5:1

Soot
1% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.0:1

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: India (Tamil Nadu) artist
Date: late 17th–early 18th century
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Ivory backed with gilded paper
Size: 5 11/16 × 8 in. (14.4 × 20.3 cm)
Place: India (Tamil Nadu)
Period: 17th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 44, colourfulness 14

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2013. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Two box panels with mithuna couples

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