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

Portrait of a Gentleman

Unknown artist · Yuan dynasty (1260–1368) or Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

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Palette

Fawn
 67% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.3:1
Tan
 17% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.8:1
Iron
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.3:1
Sand
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.9:1
Taupe
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.4:1
Caramel
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.7:1

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
Date
Yuan dynasty (1260–1368) or Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Type
Painting
Medium
Album leaf; ink and colors on silk
Size
29.5 × 24.5 cm (11 5/8 × 9 11/16 in.)
Place
China
Period
13th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 60, colourfulness 21

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Robert Allerton. 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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