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Night-Shining White by Han Gan

Night-Shining White

Han Gan · ca. 750

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Palette

Tan
 82% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1
Raw umber
 9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1
Fawn
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.1:1
Graphite
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.0:1
Sepia
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.6:1
Terracotta
 1% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.7:1

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
Han Gan
Chinese, active ca. 742–756
Date
ca. 750
Type
Painting
Medium
Handscroll; ink on paper
Size
Image: 12 1/8 x 13 3/8 in. (30.8 x 34 cm) Overall with mounting: 14 in. x 37 ft. 5 1/8 in. (35.4 cm x 11.4 m)
Place
China
Period
8th century
Themes
Night and moonlight · Horses
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 54, colourfulness 22

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, The Dillon Fund Gift, 1977. 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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