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

Two Beauties on a Veranda

Santō Kyōden · 1802/16

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Palette

Biscuit
 62% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.9:1
Lichen
 16% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.9:1
Ivory
 14% of the image
Green · text contrast 13.9:1
Khaki
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1
Dark olive
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.0:1
Green earth
 1% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.9:1

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
Santō Kyōden
Japanese, 1761–1816
Date
1802/16
Type
Painting
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk
Size
37.2 × 61.5 cm (14 5/8 × 24 1/4 in.); Overall with mount and knobs: 141.1 × 84.8 cm (55 1/2 × 33 3/8 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
18th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 75, colourfulness 24

Art Institute of Chicago, Samuel M. Nickerson 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

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