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A work made of album of 25 leaves; ink and light color on paper.

Album of Landscapes and Figures with Calligraphy by Chen Xiuyu

Xu Gu · Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1896

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Palette

Shell pink
 57% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.7:1
Pale stone
 29% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.8:1
Silver
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.1:1
Warm grey
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.2:1
Fawn
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.5:1
Smoke
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.3:1

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
Xu Gu
Date
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1896
Type
Painting
Medium
Album of 25 leaves; ink and light color on paper
Size
Each leaf: 30.5 × 36.3 cm (12 × 14 1/4 in.)
Place
China
Period
19th century
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 83, colourfulness 11

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Florence Ayscough and Harley Farnsworth MacNair. 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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