One of Sixteen Album Leaves

Hu Gongshou · Qing dynasty (1644–1911), dated 1882

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Palette

Parchment
46% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.8:1

Sand
30% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.0:1

Sepia
10% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.3:1

Fawn
10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.8:1

Taupe
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.4:1

Biscuit
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.9:1

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: Hu Gongshou
Date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), dated 1882
Type: Painting
Medium: Album leaf; ink on silk
Size: Painting: 28.3 × 28.9 cm (11 1/8 × 11 3/8 in.); Album leaf: 30.5 × 36.2 cm (12 × 14 1/4 in.)
Place: China
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 70, colourfulness 19

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Florence Ayscough and Harley Farnsworth MacNair. 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

One of Sixteen Album Leaves

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