A work made of hanging scroll; ink and color on silk.

Kobo Daishi (Kukai) as a Boy (Chigo Daishi)

Unknown artist · 15th century

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Raw umber
43% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.6:1

Dark ochre
23% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1

Tan
14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1

Khaki
11% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.5:1

Lamp black
8% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.5:1

Caramel
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1

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: Unknown artist
Japanese
Date: 15th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Size: 86.7 × 48.9 cm (34 1/8 × 19 1/4 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 14th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 43, colourfulness 26

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-27); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Kobo Daishi (Kukai) as a Boy (Chigo Daishi)

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