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A work made of handscroll; ink and color on paper.

Clouds over the River before Rain 溪雲欲雨圖

Shen Zhou · Ming dynasty (1368–1644), dated 1504

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Palette

Putty
 39% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.4:1
Taupe
 19% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1
Mushroom
 18% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.8:1
Smoke
 13% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.3:1
Pale stone
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.4:1
Iron
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.4:1

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
Shen Zhou
Date
Ming dynasty (1368–1644), dated 1504
Type
Painting
Medium
Handscroll; ink and color on paper
Size
34.8 × 810.3 cm (13 3/4 × 319 in.)
Place
China
Period
15th century
Themes
Rivers and lakes · Rain and storms
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 63, colourfulness 14

Art Institute of Chicago, Kate S. Buckingham Endowment Fund. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-28); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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