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

Southern Barbarians

Unknown artist · mid 17th century

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Palette

Iron
52% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.4:1

Pale gold
16% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 7.7:1

Raw umber
12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.3:1

Silver
8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.5:1

Fawn
6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.3:1

Caramel
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1

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: mid 17th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Pair of six-panel screens; ink, colors, and gold on paper
Size: Each: 170.4 × 370 cm (67 1/8 × 145 11/16 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 17th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 46, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Robert Allerton Endowment Fund. 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

Southern Barbarians

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