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Going up the River at the Qingming Festival

Qiu Ying · Ming Dynasty (1369–1644); late 16th c. 1495–1551

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Palette

Bronze
 47% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.4:1
Raw umber
 28% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.5:1
Putty
 17% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.5:1
Olive brown
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.1:1
Khaki
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1
Stone
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.9:1

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
Qiu Ying
Date
Ming Dynasty (1369–1644); late 16th c. 1495–1551
Type
Painting
Medium
Handscroll; ink and color on silk.
Place
China
Period
15th century
Themes
Rivers and lakes
Main colour
Brown · lightness 48, colourfulness 27

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Robert Sonnenschein. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-30); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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