A work made of hanging scroll, ink on paper.

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Kim Eung-won · Joseon dynasty(1392–1910)

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Palette

Bone white
80% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.8:1

Pale stone
9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.3:1

Stone
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.8:1

Iron
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.7:1

Taupe
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.4:1

Smoke
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.6:1

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: Kim Eung-won
Korean, 1855-1921
Date: Joseon dynasty(1392–1910)
Type: Painting
Medium: Hanging scroll, ink on paper
Size: 33 × 44.4 cm (13 × 17 1/2 in.)
Place: Korea
Period: 19th century
Main colour: White & cream · lightness 85, colourfulness 8

Art Institute of Chicago, Wirt D. Walker Fund. 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

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