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

Portrait of Wen Zhengming

Unknown artist · late Ming/early Qing dynasty, 17th century

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Palette

Pewter
 65% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.7:1
Slate
 18% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.9:1
Chalk
 7% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.0:1
Iron
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.9:1
Pearl grey
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.2:1
Ash
 2% of the image
Grey · 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
Unknown artist
Chinese
Date
late Ming/early Qing dynasty, 17th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Album leaf; ink and light color on silk
Size
42.3 × 44.5 cm (16 11/16 × 17 9/16 in.)
Place
China
Period
16th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Grey · lightness 50, colourfulness 0

Art Institute of Chicago, S. M. Nickerson Fund. 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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