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A work made of color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono.

Actor in riding garb

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) · 1834

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Palette

Slate blue
 59% of the image
Blue · text contrast 6.1:1
Tan
 17% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1
Putty
 13% of the image
Green · text contrast 9.8:1
Pearl grey
 4% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.1:1
Smoke
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.3:1
Ash
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.2:1

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
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
Japanese, 1786-1864
Date
1834
Type
Print
Medium
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
Size
21.9 × 19.3 cm (8 5/8 × 7 5/8 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
19th century
Main colour
Blue · lightness 50, colourfulness 15

Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Art Institute of Chicago marks it public domain (is_public_domain = True). Europe: Artist died 1865: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1936. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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