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Spinning Cloth, Preparing Tea Leaves, Preparing Silk

Unknown artist · Early 19th century

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Palette

Pearl grey
 38% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.3:1
Smoke
 25% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.5:1
Stone
 14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.4:1
Lichen
 9% of the image
Green · text contrast 8.5:1
Putty
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.3:1
Iron
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.7:1

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
Unknown artist
Date
Early 19th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Colors on paper
Place
China
Period
19th century
Main colour
Grey · lightness 64, 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

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