In art, the bright color combinations of ink-and-wash painting gave way to mixed hues of gray, with large areas of the surface left blank. Porcelain became simpler in form, and plainer and purer in color.
水墨畫的五彩顏色不見了，有的是墨分五色的灰黑和大片留白；瓷器的形式簡單，顏色青白素淨。