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Plum Blossoms, Crane, and Spring

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

Plum Blossoms, Crane, and Spring

Xu Gu · Qing dynasty ( 1644–1912); 1824–1896; c.1892

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Palette

Putty
74% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.5:1

Mushroom
13% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.0:1

Warm grey
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1

Taupe
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1

Smoke
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.3:1

Iron
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.5:1

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
Chinese, 1824-1896
Date: Qing dynasty ( 1644–1912); 1824–1896; c.1892
Type: Painting
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and colors on paper
Size: 147.3 × 80.6 cm (31 3/4 × 58 in.)
Place: China
Period: 19th century
Themes: Flowers · Birds
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 70, 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