A work made of fan; ink and color on silk, with bamboo handle.

Scholar with Servant Holding a Qin 人物竹柄团扇

Unknown artist · Qing dynasty (1644–1912), 1876

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Palette

Chalk
53% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 17.7:1

Caramel
36% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1

Coffee
5% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.4:1

Umber
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.4:1

Burnt sienna
2% of the image
Red · text contrast 10.2:1

Putty
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.7:1

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

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Artist: Unknown artist
Chinese, active late 19th century
Date: Qing dynasty (1644–1912), 1876
Type: Painting
Medium: Fan; ink and color on silk, with bamboo handle
Place: China
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 72, colourfulness 18

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

Scholar with Servant Holding a Qin 人物竹柄团扇

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