A work made of hanging scroll; ink, colors, and gold on silk.

Zhenwu with the Eight Trigrams, the Northern Dipper, and Talismans

Unknown artist · Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 17th or early 18th century

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Palette

Charcoal
41% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.7:1

Umber
25% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.8:1

Sand
18% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.3:1

Sepia
9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.1:1

Raw umber
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.7:1

Tan
4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1

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
Date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 17th or early 18th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink, colors, and gold on silk
Size: 59.9 × 42.6 cm (23 5/8 × 16 13/16 in.)
Place: China
Period: 17th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 34, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Russell Tyson Endowment. 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

Zhenwu with the Eight Trigrams, the Northern Dipper, and Talismans

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