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

Flight of Geese

Unknown artist · Late Yuan (1279–1368) or early Ming dynasty (1368-1644)

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Palette

Raw umber
 53% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.9:1
Sepia
 23% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.7:1
Umber
 11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.2:1
Bronze
 9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.5:1
Olive brown
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.6:1
Taupe
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.9:1

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
Unknown artist
Date
Late Yuan (1279–1368) or early Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
Type
Painting
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Size
64.8 × 38.1 cm (25 1/2 × 15 in.)
Place
China
Period
13th century
Themes
Birds
Main colour
Brown · lightness 41, colourfulness 22

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of The Orientals. 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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