The takeaway
The gold ground endures — but the lapis is what the eye remembers.
Lapis lazuli (sky & robes)
Ground ultramarine, Badakhshan stone
38%
Burnished gold leaf
24k field & incised halos
31%
Cinnabar vermilion
Mantles & sealed inscriptions
18%
Ochre & terre-verte
Sankir flesh base, foliage
13%