A work made of one of a pair of six-fold screens, ink and light color on paper.

Bamboo and Fences

Tosa Mitsuoki · 1654/81

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Palette

Ash
34% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.5:1

Tan
23% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.8:1

Sand
23% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.7:1

Pearl grey
8% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.2:1

Straw
8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.9:1

Taupe
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.1:1

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: Tosa Mitsuoki
Japanese, 1617-1691
Date: 1654/81
Type: Painting
Medium: One of a pair of six-fold screens, ink and light color on paper
Size: 144 × 286 cm (56 3/4 × 112 5/8 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 17th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 65, colourfulness 16

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 (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Bamboo and Fences

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