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Spinning Cloth, Preparing Tea Leaves, Preparing Silk

Unknown artist · Early 19th century

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Palette

Pearl grey
 26% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 11.9:1
Iron
 25% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.9:1
Taupe
 18% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.1:1
Lichen
 16% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.5:1
Ash
 11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.9:1
Celadon
 5% of the image
Green · text contrast 10.1:1

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 58, colourfulness 8

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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