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A work made of ink and light color on silk.

Six Horses Grazing

Unknown artist · Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

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Palette

Khaki
 58% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1
Taupe
 18% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.9:1
Pearl grey
 11% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.4:1
Oyster
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.7:1
Umber
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.0:1
Mushroom
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.0:1

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
Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Type
Painting
Medium
Ink and light color on silk
Size
144.2 × 93.4 × 98.8 cm (56 3/4 × 36 3/4 × 38 7/8 in.)
Place
China
Period
14th century
Themes
Horses
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 56, colourfulness 17

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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