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A work made of handscroll; ink on paper.

Drinking at Night

Tang Yin · Ming dynasty (1368–1644); c. 1520/23

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Palette

Putty
 42% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.1:1
Warm grey
 28% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.7:1
Smoke
 12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.3:1
Fawn
 8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.7:1
Graphite
 6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.5:1
Tan
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.7:1

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
Tang Yin
Chinese, 1470-1523
Date
Ming dynasty (1368–1644); c. 1520/23
Type
Painting
Medium
Handscroll; ink on paper
Size
30.5 × 388.7 cm (12 × 153 in.)
Place
China
Period
16th century
Themes
Night and moonlight
Main colour
Grey · lightness 61, colourfulness 10

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-11-02); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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