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A work made of hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper.

Snowy Landscape

Wen Zhengming · Ming Dynasty (1368–1644);1470–1559

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Palette

Iron
 30% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.0:1
Smoke
 27% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.8:1
Warm grey
 26% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.7:1
Putty
 10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.3:1
Pale stone
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.7:1
Bone white
 3% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.1:1

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
Wen Zhengming
Date
Ming Dynasty (1368–1644);1470–1559
Type
Painting
Medium
Hanging scroll; Ink and light color on paper
Size
129.6 × 40.7 cm (51 × 16 in.)
Place
China
Period
15th century
Themes
Landscapes · Winter and snow
Main colour
Grey · lightness 45, colourfulness 10

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-29); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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