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An hanging scroll with several birds in a large tree rendered in colored ink.

The Five Virtues

Ren Bonian · Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1895

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Palette

Mushroom
 48% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.8:1
Putty
 40% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.9:1
Taupe
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.8:1
Iron
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.3:1
Ash
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.6:1
Fawn
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.0:1

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
Ren Bonian
Date
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1895
Type
Painting
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and colors on paper
Size
185.9 × 97.2 cm (73 1/2 × 38 1/4 in.)
Place
China
Period
19th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 67, colourfulness 14

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