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A work made of handscroll; ink and colors on paper.

Famous Scenes of Yandang Mountain

Yao Kuang · Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 17th–century

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Palette

Putty
 59% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.7:1
Mushroom
 16% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.1:1
Warm grey
 15% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.1:1
Taupe
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.9:1
Fawn
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.5:1
Smoke
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.2:1

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
Yao Kuang
Chinese, active 17th century
Date
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 17th–century
Type
Painting
Medium
Handscroll; ink and colors on paper
Size
32 × 465 cm (12 5/8 × 183 in.)
Place
China
Period
17th century
Themes
Mountains
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 68, colourfulness 14

Art Institute of Chicago, Kate S. Buckingham 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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