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A work made of album leaf; ink and colors on silk.

Woman with Female Servant in a Palace Garden

Unknown artist · Yuan or early Ming dynasty, late 14th/15th century

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Palette

Raw umber
 43% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.5:1
Shell pink
 25% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.2:1
Sepia
 17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.6:1
Olive brown
 10% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.5:1
Umber
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.3:1
Tan
 1% 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

Details

Artist
Unknown artist
Chinese
Date
Yuan or early Ming dynasty, late 14th/15th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Album leaf; ink and colors on silk
Size
25 × 26 cm (9 7/8 × 10 1/4 in.)
Place
China
Period
14th century
Themes
Gardens
Main colour
Brown · lightness 51, colourfulness 18

Art Institute of Chicago, Nickerson Collection of Oriental Art. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-29); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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