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Horizontal image of four distinct cut or uprooted flowers rendered in fine black ink. The first three feature small leaves and blossoms, the fourth a large central bloom.

Flowers of the Four Seasons 四季花卉圖

Chen Jiayan · Ming dynasty (1368–1644), dated 1599

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Palette

Pale stone
 39% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.3:1
Putty
 28% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.0:1
Oyster
 17% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.1:1
Mushroom
 10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.0:1
Stone
 6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.8:1
Warm grey
 1% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.4:1

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 Jiayan
Date
Ming dynasty (1368–1644), dated 1599
Type
Painting
Medium
Handscroll; ink on paper
Size
28.5 × 398 cm (10 7/8 × 152 1/2 in.)
Place
China
Period
16th century
Themes
Flowers
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 76, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, Kate S. Buckingham Fund. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-11-02); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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