Biographies of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru

Huang Tingjian · ca. 1095

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Parchment
76% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.3:1

Putty
13% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.5:1

Stone
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1

Bistre
3% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.6:1

Peach
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.8:1

Taupe
1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.0:1

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: Huang Tingjian
Chinese, 1045–1105
Date: ca. 1095
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Handscroll; ink on paper
Size: Image: 13 1/4 in. × 60 ft. 4 1/2 in. (33.7 × 1840.2 cm) Overall with mounting: 13 1/2 in. × 71 ft. 5 5/8 in. (34.3 × 2178.4 cm)
Place: China
Period: 11th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 78, colourfulness 16

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Biographies of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru

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