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

Flowering Lotus

Chen Chun · Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 1543

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Palette

Putty
 55% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.1:1
Ash
 23% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.1:1
Warm grey
 8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.4:1
Mushroom
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.7:1
Pewter
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.4:1
Blush
 4% of the image
Pink · text contrast 8.5:1

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
Chen Chun
Chinese, 1483-1544
Date
Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 1543
Type
Painting
Medium
Handscroll; ink and color on paper
Size
29.9 × 231.7 cm (11 13/16 × 91 1/4 in.)
Place
China
Period
16th century
Themes
Flowers
Main colour
Grey · lightness 69, colourfulness 8

Art Institute of Chicago, Wirt D. Walker Fund. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-28); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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