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

Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers

Sekkei · Late 17th/early 18th century

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Palette

Putty
45% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.2:1

Fawn
34% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.7:1

Olive brown
7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.7:1

Ash
5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.7:1

Pale stone
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.1:1

Taupe
4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1

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

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Artist: Sekkei
Japanese, 1644-1732
Date: Late 17th/early 18th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Pair of six-panel screens; ink and gold on paper
Size: Each: 170.2 × 381 cm (67 1/16 × 150 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 17th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 66, colourfulness 14

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Leo S. Guthman. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-11-02); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers

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