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A work made of ink and light color on paper.

Monk Selling Ceremonial Tea Whisks

Katsushika Hokusai · c. 1802

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Palette

Putty
 50% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.8:1
Olive brown
 22% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.1:1
Bronze
 19% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.6:1
Fawn
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.7:1
Dark ochre
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1
Taupe
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1

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
Katsushika Hokusai
Japanese, 1760-1849
Date
c. 1802
Type
Painting
Medium
Ink and light color on paper
Size
48.9 × 35.5 cm (19 5/16 × 14 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
18th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 58, colourfulness 21

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest from Everett D. Graff estate. 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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