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Old Trees, Level Distance by Guo Xi

Old Trees, Level Distance

Guo Xi · ca. 1080

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Palette

Taupe
 60% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1
Sand
 16% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.2:1
Sepia
 15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.4:1
Tan
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.3:1
Caramel
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.8:1
Apricot
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.8:1

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
Guo Xi
Chinese, ca. 1000–ca. 1090
Date
ca. 1080
Type
Painting
Medium
Handscroll; ink and color on silk
Size
Image: 14 × 41 1/8 in. (35.6 × 104.4 cm) Overall with mounting: 14 3/4 in. × 28 ft. 1/8 in. (37.5 × 853.8 cm)
Place
China
Period
11th century
Themes
Landscapes · Trees and forests
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 52, colourfulness 22

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of John M. Crawford Jr., in honor of Douglas Dillon, 1981. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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