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A work made of album leaf; ink on paper.

Landscape in the Style of Ancient Masters: colophon by Lu Hui, dated 1912

Lu Hui · Ming dynasty (1368–1644), album dated 1642, colophon dated 1912

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Palette

Linen
 61% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.3:1
Warm grey
 11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.4:1
Ash
 11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.7:1
Pale stone
 10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.8:1
Smoke
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.9:1
Slate
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.5:1

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
Lu Hui
Date
Ming dynasty (1368–1644), album dated 1642, colophon dated 1912
Type
Painting
Medium
Album leaf; ink on paper
Size
31 × 40.7 cm (12 × 16 in.)
Place
China
Period
20th century
Themes
Landscapes
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 79, colourfulness 7

Art Institute of Chicago, Samuel M. Nickerson 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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