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

Horses in Stables (Umaya-zu byobu)

Unknown artist · c. 1688–1704

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Palette

Bronze
33% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.5:1

Sand
30% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.0:1

Dark olive
17% of the image
Green · text contrast 10.0:1

Chalk
14% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.4:1

Silver
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.9:1

Soot
2% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.8:1

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: Unknown artist
Date: c. 1688–1704
Type: Painting
Medium: Pair of six panel screens; ink, colors and gold leaf on paper
Size: 178 × 376 cm (70 × 148 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 17th century
Themes: Horses
Main colour: Brown · lightness 56, colourfulness 21

Art Institute of Chicago, Shinkokai Japanese Art Acquistion Fund; The Mary and Leigh Block Endowment Fund; Frederick & Nathalie Gookin fund; purchased with funds provided by of Roger L. Weston; Avery Brundage and Roger L. Weston funds. 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

Horses in Stables (Umaya-zu byobu)

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