A work made of album of twelve leaves; ink on paper.

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Yao Luan · Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1893

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Dark chocolate
80% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.1:1

Bronze
9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1

Coffee
4% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.9:1

Warm grey
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.7:1

Smoke
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.1:1

Sepia
1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.9:1

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: Yao Luan
Date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1893
Type: Painting
Medium: Album of twelve leaves; ink on paper
Size: 33.7 × 35.6 cm (13 1/4 × 14 in.)
Place: China
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Black · lightness 16, colourfulness 14

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Florence Ayscough and Harley Farnsworth MacNair Conservation made possible by San-Jian Art & Conservation Co. Ltd.. 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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