The Sixteen Luohans

Wu Bin · dated 1591

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Linen
58% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.7:1

Pale stone
25% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.4:1

Celadon
8% of the image
Green · text contrast 11.1:1

Mushroom
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.7:1

Smoke
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.0:1

Warm grey
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.5:1

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: Wu Bin
active ca. 1583–1626
Date: dated 1591
Type: Painting
Medium: Handscroll; ink and color on paper
Size: Image: 12 5/8 x 163 9/16 in. (32.1 x 415.4 cm) Overall with mounting: 13 1/4 x 398 1/16 in. (33.7 x 1011.1 cm)
Place: China
Period: 16th century
Main colour: White & cream · lightness 82, colourfulness 12

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Edward Elliott Family Collection, Gift of Douglas Dillon, 1986. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

The Sixteen Luohans

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