A work made of hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper.

Planting Fragrant Fungus at the Tiaozhou'an

Chen Guan · Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 1627 (?)

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Putty
45% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.6:1

Pale stone
33% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.7:1

Stone
15% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.7:1

Taupe
4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1

Smoke
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1

Tan
1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.5:1

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

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Artist: Chen Guan
Chinese, 1563-1639
Date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 1627 (?)
Type: Painting
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper
Size: 109.7 × 47.7 cm (43 1/4 × 18 13/16 in.)
Place: China
Period: 17th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 68, colourfulness 13

Art Institute of Chicago, Robert Allerton Endowment 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

Planting Fragrant Fungus at the Tiaozhou'an

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