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A work made of framed; ink and light color on silk.

White Rooster

Unknown artist · Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

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Palette

Raw umber
 47% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1
Sepia
 19% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.9:1
Stone
 14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1
Chalk
 13% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 18.4:1
Mushroom
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.1:1
Pearl grey
 1% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.3:1

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
Unknown artist
Chinese
Date
Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Type
Painting
Medium
Framed; ink and light color on silk
Size
32.1 × 20.7 cm (12 5/8 × 8 1/8 in.)
Place
China
Period
14th century
Themes
Birds
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 53, colourfulness 15

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. S. Jackson Wommack. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-29); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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