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

Mynah and Lotus 鷯哥荷花圖

Ren Bonian · Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1885

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Palette

Putty
 79% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.5:1
Fawn
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.5:1
Mushroom
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.4:1
Stone
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.2:1
Iron
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.9:1
Taupe
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.6:1

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), 1885
Type
Painting
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and colors on paper
Size
125.7 × 50.5 cm (49 1/4 × 19 7/8 in.)
Place
China
Period
19th century
Themes
Flowers
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 74, colourfulness 17

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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