A work made of ink and color on hemp cloth.

Korean Buddhist Painting

Unknown artist · late 19th-early 20th century

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Palette

Graphite
43% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.1:1

Walnut
35% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.4:1

Sepia
9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.0:1

Iron
5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.4:1

Taupe
5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.4:1

Smoke
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1

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: Unknown artist
Date: late 19th-early 20th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Ink and color on hemp cloth
Place: Korea
Period: 18th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 28, colourfulness 9

Art Institute of Chicago, Nickerson 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

Korean Buddhist Painting

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