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A work made of album leaf; ink and colors on silk.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Unknown artist · Yuan dynasty (1260–1368) or Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

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Palette

Fawn
 68% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.6:1
Putty
 15% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.4:1
Iron
 9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.7:1
Salmon
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.4:1
Warm grey
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.3:1
Taupe
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.9:1

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
Yuan dynasty (1260–1368) or Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Type
Painting
Medium
Album leaf; ink and colors on silk
Size
H.: 29.5 cm (11 5/8 in.)
Place
China
Period
17th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 61, colourfulness 17

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Robert Allerton. 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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