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A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

One Person, Six Expressions (Hitori rokumenso)

Kobayashi Kiyochika · 1884

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Palette

Graphite
 46% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.8:1
Duck egg
 19% of the image
Teal · text contrast 8.2:1
Parchment
 17% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.2:1
Taupe
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.4:1
Sepia
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.6:1
Fawn
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.7:1

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
Kobayashi Kiyochika
Japanese, 1847-1915
Date
1884
Type
Print
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Size
35.9 × 24.2 cm (14 1/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
19th century
Main colour
Grey · lightness 48, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, Louise Lutz Endowment. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Art Institute of Chicago marks it public domain (is_public_domain = True). Europe: Artist died 1915: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1986. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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