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A work made of set of three hanging scrolls; ink on paper.

Triptych of Calligraphy

Katsuzan Dowa · Late 17th–early 18th century

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Palette

Pale stone
 42% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.4:1
Raw umber
 24% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1
Dark ochre
 12% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1
Fawn
 10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.7:1
Bistre
 6% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.7:1
Umber
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.3:1

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

Details

Artist
Katsuzan Dowa
Chinese, 1634–1707
Date
Late 17th–early 18th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Set of three hanging scrolls; ink on paper
Size
140.9 × 37.5 cm (55 1/2 × 14 3/4 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
Edo period · 17th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 60, colourfulness 18

Art Institute of Chicago, Restricted Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman. 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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