A work made of two-panel folding screen; ink on paper.

Pigeons and Rhododendrons

Unknown Artist · late 17th century

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Palette

Raw umber
39% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.4:1

Tan
29% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1

Dark olive
26% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.4:1

Stone
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.2:1

Chalk
2% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.5:1

Silver
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.1:1

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 unknown
Date: late 17th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Two-panel folding screen; ink on paper
Size: 154.5 × 171 cm (60 13/16 × 67 5/16 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 17th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 42, colourfulness 19

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Russell Tyson. 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

Pigeons and Rhododendrons

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