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A work made of album of eight leaves; ink and color on paper.

Birds, Flowers and Insects

Li Shan · Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century

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Palette

Stone
 38% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1
Lamp black
 26% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.8:1
Khaki
 19% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.9:1
Iron
 11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.4:1
Chalk
 4% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 17.7:1
Oyster
 1% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.2:1

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
Li Shan
Chinese, 1686-after 1760
Date
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Album of eight leaves; ink and color on paper
Size
Each leaf: 24.2 × 30.5 cm (9 1/2 × 12 in.)
Place
China
Period
17th century
Themes
Flowers · Birds
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 44, colourfulness 13

Art Institute of Chicago, Samuel M. 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

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