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

Southern Barbarians

Unknown artist · mid 17th century

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Palette

Tan
32% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.1:1

Iron
23% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.5:1

Smoke
22% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.2:1

Taupe
11% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1

Sepia
7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.8:1

Olive brown
5% of the image
Green · text contrast 7.0:1

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: mid 17th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Pair of six-panel screens; ink, colors, and gold on paper
Size: Each: 170.4 × 370 cm (67 1/8 × 145 11/16 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 17th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 47, colourfulness 14

Art Institute of Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Robert Allerton Endowment Fund. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-11-01); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Southern Barbarians

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