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

Birds on Red Plum

Ren Bonian · Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1892

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Palette

Putty
 46% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.5:1
Fawn
 22% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.4:1
Mushroom
 19% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.2:1
Warm grey
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.8:1
Taupe
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.1:1
Dusty rose
 2% of the image
Pink · 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
Ren Bonian
Date
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1892
Type
Painting
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and colors on paper
Size
187.3 × 97.5 cm (73 3/4 × 38 3/8 in.)
Place
China
Period
19th century
Themes
Birds
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 70, colourfulness 15

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