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

Cat, Butterfly, and Plant

Unknown artist · Qing Dynasty (1644–1911)

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Palette

Pale stone
 49% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 11.8:1
Putty
 21% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.9:1
Mushroom
 20% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.3:1
Iron
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.6:1
Taupe
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1
Dusty rose
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.1:1

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
Unknown artist
Date
Qing Dynasty (1644–1911)
Type
Painting
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Size
172.5 × 39.1 cm (67 7/8 × 15 3/8 in.)
Place
China
Period
19th century
Themes
Cats
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 72, colourfulness 9

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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