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

Monkey Trainers and Scenes of Chinese Life

Kanō Yasunobu · 17th century

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Palette

Putty
30% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.3:1

Taupe
26% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1

Charcoal
19% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.7:1

Pale stone
9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.9:1

Silver
9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.3:1

Sepia
8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.5:1

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

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Artist: Kanō Yasunobu
Japanese, 1613-1685
Date: 17th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Pair of six-panel screens; ink and light colors on paper
Size: Painting: 170.4 × 372 cm (67 1/8 × 146 1/2 in.); Framed: 156 × 358 cm (61 7/16 × 141 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: Edo period
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 55, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Harry and Harriet Bernbaum in memory of Keren-Or Bernbaum. 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

Monkey Trainers and Scenes of Chinese Life

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