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A work made of handscroll; ink on paper.

Song of a Fisherman

Wang Wen · Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

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Palette

Khaki
 30% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.4:1
Sepia
 19% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.6:1
Taupe
 17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.6:1
Charcoal
 17% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.8:1
Pale stone
 15% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.1:1
Stone
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · 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
Wang Wen
Chinese
Date
Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Type
Painting
Medium
Handscroll; ink on paper
Size
28.6 × 605.8 cm (11 1/4 × 238 1/2 in.)
Place
China
Period
15th century
Themes
Work and rural life
Main colour
Brown · lightness 47, colourfulness 15

Art Institute of Chicago, The Orientals Sundry 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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