Spinning Cloth, Preparing Tea Leaves, Preparing Silk

Unknown artist · Early 19th century

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Palette

Sepia
30% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.8:1

Pale stone
21% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.9:1

Ash
16% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.3:1

Khaki
15% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1

Bistre
13% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.8:1

Raw umber
5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.4:1

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: Unknown artist
Date: Early 19th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Colors on paper
Place: China
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 49, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Richard Lepman. 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

Spinning Cloth, Preparing Tea Leaves, Preparing Silk

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