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Spinning Cloth, Preparing Tea Leaves, Preparing Silk

Unknown artist · Early 19th century

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Palette

Pearl grey
 42% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.3:1
Smoke
 27% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.6:1
Fawn
 12% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1
Ash
 12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.2:1
Green earth
 6% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.2:1
Blue-grey
 1% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.4:1

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

Details

Artist
Unknown artist
Date
Early 19th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Colors on paper
Place
China
Period
19th century
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 64, colourfulness 7

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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