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A work made of hanging scroll; ink on paper.

Scholar in Landscape

Gao Kekong · Yuan dynasty (1280–1368), 14th century or later

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Palette

Taupe
 31% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1
Ash
 24% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.7:1
Smoke
 21% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.9:1
Fawn
 13% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.3:1
Graphite
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.4:1
Soot
 4% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.1:1

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
Gao Kekong
Chinese
Date
Yuan dynasty (1280–1368), 14th century or later
Type
Painting
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Size
56.6 × 29.9 cm (22 1/4 × 11 3/4 in.)
Place
China
Period
13th century
Themes
Landscapes
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 50, colourfulness 9

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Orientals. 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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