A work made of pair of six-panel screens; ink, colors, and gold on paper.

The Tale of Genji

Unknown artist · Early 17th century

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Palette

Sand
28% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.0:1

Tan
22% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.4:1

Fawn
21% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.1:1

Taupe
17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.6:1

Iron
9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.9:1

Raw umber
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.2:1

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: Early 17th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Pair of six-panel screens; ink, colors, and gold on paper
Size: Each: 166 × 371 cm (65 3/8 × 146 1/8 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 16th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 57, colourfulness 25

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Robert Allerton in honor of Mr. & Mrs. William McCormick Blair's fiftieth wedding anniversary. 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

The Tale of Genji

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