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A work made of color woodblock print; koban.

Oystercatchers

Utagawa Hiroshige · c. 1833/34

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Palette

Aqua
 66% of the image
Teal · text contrast 7.0:1
Teal
 16% of the image
Teal · text contrast 4.8:1
Linen
 12% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.5:1
Slate blue
 3% of the image
Blue · text contrast 6.9:1
Stone
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1
Salmon
 1% of the image
Pink · text contrast 7.8:1

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
Utagawa Hiroshige
Japanese, 1797-1858
Date
c. 1833/34
Type
Print
Medium
Color woodblock print; koban
Size
12.5 × 18.3 cm (5 × 7 1/4 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
19th century
Main colour
Teal · lightness 64, colourfulness 15

Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Art Institute of Chicago marks it public domain (is_public_domain = True). Europe: Artist died 1858: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1929. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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