A work made of fan; ink and colors on silk, with bamboo handle
and ivory tip.

Mynah on a Branch 花鸟竹柄团扇

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

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Palette

Lamp black
66% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.2:1

Sand
25% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.5:1

Tan
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1

Coffee
2% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.1:1

Sepia
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.1:1

Madder
1% of the image
Red · text contrast 7.6:1

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 19th century
Date: Qing dynasty (1644–1912), 19th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Fan; ink and colors on silk, with bamboo handle and ivory tip
Place: China
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Black · lightness 24, colourfulness 9

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

Mynah on a Branch 花鸟竹柄团扇

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