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

Wisteria and Goldfish 紫藤金魚圖

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

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Palette

Pale stone
 84% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.9:1
Mushroom
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.7:1
Stone
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.9:1
Fawn
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.5:1
Putty
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.3:1
Salmon
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.8:1

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), mid/late 19th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and colors on paper
Size
147.3 × 80.7 cm (31 3/4 × 58 in.)
Place
China
Period
19th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 77, colourfulness 16

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