Spinning Cloth, Preparing Tea Leaves, Preparing Silk

Unknown artist · Early 19th century

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Palette

Silver
39% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.3:1

Smoke
19% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.2:1

Iron
16% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.2:1

Green earth
15% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1

Stone
8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.4:1

Chalk
3% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.2:1

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

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Artist: Unknown artist
Date: Early 19th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Colors on paper
Place: China
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 59, colourfulness 9

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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