Portrait of the Great Master Seosan

Unidentified artist · late 17th–18th century

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Tan
39% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.2:1

Bronze
28% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.7:1

Smoke
19% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.1:1

Cinnamon
6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.2:1

Lamp black
5% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.1:1

Sepia
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.1:1

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

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Artist: Unidentified artist
Date: late 17th–18th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Size: Image: 59 7/8 x 30 5/8 in. (152.1 x 77.8 cm) Overall with mounting: 88 1/2 x 37 1/8 in. (224.8 x 94.3 cm) Overall with knobs: 88 1/2 x 40 1/8 in. (224.8 x 101.9 cm)
Place: Korea
Period: 17th century
Themes: Portraits
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 48, colourfulness 23

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Seymour Fund, 1959. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Portrait of the Great Master Seosan

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