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

Roosters and Blossoming Apricots 雄鷄圖

Ren Bonian · Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

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Palette

Pale stone
 73% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.6:1
Mushroom
 13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.6:1
Warm grey
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.8:1
Taupe
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.3:1
Fawn
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.4:1
Iron
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.4:1

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)
Type
Painting
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and colors on paper
Size
135 × 66 cm (53 1/8 × 26 in.)
Place
China
Period
19th century
Themes
Birds
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 73, colourfulness 14

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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