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A work made of fan (shovel-shaped); ink and colors on silk.

The Moon Palace

Unknown artist · Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 19th century

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Palette

Graphite
 71% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.0:1
Putty
 15% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.6:1
Pale stone
 7% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.2:1
Warm grey
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1
Sepia
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.2:1
Rust
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.3:1

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
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 19th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Fan (shovel-shaped); ink and colors on silk
Place
China
Period
19th century
Themes
Night and moonlight
Main colour
Grey · lightness 38, colourfulness 6

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Russell Tyson. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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