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A work made of handscroll; ink and color on paper.

Pillars of the Country

Yao Shou · Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 1494

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Palette

Pale stone
 70% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.8:1
Mushroom
 12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.3:1
Putty
 11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.6:1
Fawn
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.2:1
Taupe
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.5:1
Pewter
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.9:1

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
Yao Shou
Chinese, 1423-1495
Date
Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 1494
Type
Painting
Medium
Handscroll; ink and color on paper
Size
29.9 × 759.5 cm (11 3/4 × 299 in.)
Place
China
Period
15th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 74, colourfulness 12

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 (2026-10-27); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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