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A work made of handscroll; ink and colors on gold-spattered paper.

The Xuehong Pavilion in a Scholar's Garden

Qian Shumei · Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1831

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Palette

Pale stone
 35% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.6:1
Sand
 24% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.5:1
Khaki
 23% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.2:1
Green earth
 12% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1
Raw umber
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.0:1
Olive brown
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.0:1

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

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Artist
Qian Shumei
Chinese
Date
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1831
Type
Painting
Medium
Handscroll; ink and colors on gold-spattered paper
Size
20.1 × 440.7 cm (7 7/8 × 173 1/2 in.)
Place
China
Period
19th century
Themes
Gardens
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 67, colourfulness 22

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 (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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