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Woods and Valleys of Mount Yu by Ni Zan

Woods and Valleys of Mount Yu

Ni Zan · dated 1372

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Palette

Putty
 57% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.4:1
Pale stone
 31% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.5:1
Taupe
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1
Fawn
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.5:1
Lamp black
 3% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.6:1
Soot
 2% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.3:1

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
Ni Zan
Chinese, 1306–1374
Date
dated 1372
Type
Painting
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Size
Image: 37 1/4 x 14 1/8 in. (94.6 x 35.9 cm) Overall with mounting: 82 x 20 5/8 in. (208.3 x 52.4 cm) Overall with knobs: 82 x 24 5/8 in. (208.3 x 62.5 cm)
Place
China
Period
14th century
Themes
Landscapes · Mountains · Trees and forests
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 68, colourfulness 15

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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