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

Portrait of an Official

Gu Jianlong · Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 17th century

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Palette

Tan
 34% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1
Sand
 22% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.0:1
Smoke
 19% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.0:1
Slate blue
 13% of the image
Blue · text contrast 6.5:1
Denim
 12% of the image
Blue · text contrast 8.4:1
Cinnamon
 1% of the image
Pink · text contrast 5.5:1

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
Gu Jianlong
Date
Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 17th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Size
Painting: 212.8 × 121.3 cm (83 3/4 × 47 3/4 in.); Mount: 298.5 × 138.5 cm (117 1/2 × 54 1/2 in.)
Place
China
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 50, colourfulness 21

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Suzanne Mitchell and William McGarr. 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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