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A work made of fan; ink and color on silk, with bamboo-and-
ivory handle and knotted-silk and silk-floss tassels.

Red-Whiskered Bulbul and Azaleas in Moonlight 花鸟竹柄团扇

Unknown artist · Qing dynasty (1644–1912), late 19th century

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Palette

Ash
62% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.0:1
Pale stone
18% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.5:1
Mushroom
10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.1:1
Stone
4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1
Pewter
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.8:1
Slate
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.8:1

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, active 19th century
Date
Qing dynasty (1644–1912), late 19th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Fan; ink and color on silk, with bamboo-and- ivory handle and knotted-silk and silk-floss tassels
Size
40.1 × 26.7 cm (15 3/4 × 10 1/2 in.)
Place
China
Period
19th century
Themes
Night and moonlight
Main colour
Grey · lightness 66, 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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