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

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Kishi Ganku · early 19th century

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Palette

Straw
62% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.7:1

Pewter
16% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.4:1

Tan
7% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.2:1

Pearl grey
6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.2:1

Bronze
6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1

Taupe
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.9:1

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: Kishi Ganku
Japanese, 1749-1838
Date: early 19th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Pair of six-panel screens; ink and gold leaf on paper
Size: Each: 178 × 376 cm (70 × 148 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 71, colourfulness 27

Art Institute of Chicago, Russell Tyson Purchase Fund income. 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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