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A work made of handscroll; ink on paper.

Pavilion of Eight Poems 八詠樓詩畫

Chen Chun · Ming dynasty (1368–1644), dated 1538

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Palette

Putty
 57% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.3:1
Mushroom
 15% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.8:1
Oyster
 13% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.4:1
Stone
 10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.1:1
Taupe
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1
Smoke
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.0:1

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
Chen Chun
Date
Ming dynasty (1368–1644), dated 1538
Type
Painting
Medium
Handscroll; ink on paper
Size
Painting: 25.4 × 122 cm (10 × 48 in.); Calligraphy: 25.4 × 419.1 cm (10 × 165 in.)
Place
China
Period
16th century
Main colour
Grey · lightness 72, colourfulness 10

Art Institute of Chicago, Kate S. Buckingham Endowment Fund. 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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