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An ink and color handscroll of a landscape scene, mountains in the background, a river in the foreground and trees throughout the midground

The Peach Blossom Spring 桃花源圖

Qiu Ying · Late Ming (1368–1644) or early Qing (1644–1912) dynasty

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Palette

Green earth
 48% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1
Tan
 43% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1
Sepia
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.8:1
Fawn
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.5:1
Oyster
 2% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.0:1
Putty
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.7:1

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
Chinese
Date
Late Ming (1368–1644) or early Qing (1644–1912) dynasty
Type
Painting
Medium
Handscroll; ink and color on silk
Size
32.5 × 558.2 cm (12 13/16 × 219 3/4 in.)
Place
China
Themes
Flowers
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 53, colourfulness 26

Art Institute of Chicago, Kate S. Buckingham Endowment. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-31); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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