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Wang Xizhi watching geese by Qian Xuan

Wang Xizhi watching geese

Qian Xuan · ca. 1295

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Palette

Fawn
 65% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.7:1
Taupe
 19% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1
Pale stone
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.2:1
Pewter
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.6:1
Tan
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1
Smoke
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.3:1

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
Qian Xuan
Chinese, 1239–1301
Date
ca. 1295
Type
Painting
Medium
Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on paper
Size
Image: 9 1/8 x 36 1/2 in. (23.2 x 92.7 cm) Overall with mounting: 11 x 418 13/16 in. (27.9 x 1063.8 cm)
Place
China
Period
13th century
Themes
Birds
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 61, colourfulness 17

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ex coll.: C. C. Wang Family, Gift of The Dillon Fund, 1973. 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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