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A work made of folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on gold paper.

The Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion

Tang Yin · Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 15th –16th century

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Palette

Linen
 41% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.9:1
Tan
 31% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.7:1
Bronze
 23% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1
Olive brown
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.0:1
Fawn
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.2:1
Putty
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.5:1

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
Tang Yin
Date
Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 15th –16th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on gold paper
Size
Upper: W.: 49.6 cm (19 1/2 in.); Lower: W.: 22.9 cm (9 in.); Rib: H.: 16.6 cm (6 1/2 in.)
Place
China
Period
15th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 68, colourfulness 21

Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Nickerson Endowment Fund. 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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