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A work made of set of three hanging scrolls; ink on paper.

Triptych of Calligraphy

Katsuzan Dowa · Late 17th– early 18th century

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Palette

Fawn
 38% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.7:1
Tan
 22% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1
Charcoal
 18% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.5:1
Taupe
 10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1
Iron
 9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.2:1
Raw umber
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.5:1

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
Katsuzan Dowa
Chinese, 1634–1707
Date
Late 17th– early 18th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Set of three hanging scrolls; ink on paper
Size
140.9 × 37.5 cm (55 1/2 × 14 3/4 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
Edo period · 17th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 49, colourfulness 20

Art Institute of Chicago, restricted Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman. 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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