A work made of hanging scroll; ink and color on silk.

The Daoist Immortal Lu Dongbin

Unknown artist · Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)

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Palette

Sepia
41% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.8:1

Straw
30% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.1:1

Bronze
17% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1

Raw umber
5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.8:1

Khaki
4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.5:1

Tan
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1

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: Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
Type: Painting
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Place: China
Period: 14th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 50, colourfulness 26

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of C.A. (Bud) Islinger in honor of Muriel Kallis Newman. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-30); image released under CC0. Licence rules

The Daoist Immortal Lu Dongbin

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