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Autumn Maples with Poem Slips

Papers with Japanese text hang from a tree bearing red and gold leaves.

Autumn Maples with Poem Slips

Tosa Mitsuoki · c. 1675

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Palette

Fawn
56% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.9:1

Caramel
27% of the image
Orange · text contrast 5.7:1

Bronze
7% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1

Taupe
6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.9:1

Rust
2% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.2:1

Cinnamon
1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.4:1

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: Tosa Mitsuoki
Japanese, 1617-1691
Date: c. 1675
Type: Painting
Medium: Six-panel screen (one of pair); Ink, colors, gold leaf, and gold powder on silk
Size: 144 × 286 cm (56 3/4 × 112 5/8 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 17th century
Themes: Landscapes
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 59, colourfulness 31

Art Institute of Chicago, Kate S. Buckingham Endowment. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-30); image released under CC0. Licence rules