Woman at her dressing table

Leng Mei · early 18th century

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Raw umber
39% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.0:1

Taupe
30% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1

Biscuit
19% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.4:1

Fawn
8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.5:1

Bistre
2% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.1:1

Lamp black
2% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.5:1

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: Leng Mei
Chinese, active 1677–1742
Date: early 18th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Size: Image: 66 13/16 × 37 3/16 in. (169.7 × 94.5 cm) Overall with mounting: 91 1/4 × 43 7/16 in. (231.8 × 110.3 cm) Overall with knobs: 91 1/4 × 47 1/4 in. (231.8 × 120 cm)
Place: China
Period: 17th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 52, colourfulness 20

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2024. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Woman at her dressing table

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