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

Bamboo and Squirrel 松鼠翠竹圖

Xu Gu · Qing dynasty (1644–1911), late 19th century

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Palette

Putty
 62% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.0:1
Mushroom
 17% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.7:1
Fawn
 11% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.5:1
Stone
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.9:1
Taupe
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.6:1
Raw umber
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.1:1

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
Xu Gu
Date
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), late 19th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and colors on paper
Size
150.1 × 40.5 cm (59 1/2 × 16 in.)
Place
China
Period
19th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 69, colourfulness 19

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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