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A work made of hanging scroll; ink, colors, and gold on silk.

Portrait of Kobo Daishi (Kukai)

Unknown artist · 14th century

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Palette

Tan
 36% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.2:1
Sand
 27% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.5:1
Iron
 21% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.3:1
Caramel
 9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.4:1
Raw umber
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.5:1
Fawn
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.8:1

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
Unknown artist
Japanese, active 14th century
Date
14th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink, colors, and gold on silk
Size
129.7 × 116.8 cm (51 × 46 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
14th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 56, colourfulness 28

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Robert Allerton. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-28); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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