A work made of album sheet mounted as hanging scroll. ink and colors on paper.

An Actor on Stage

Unknown artist · Edo period, 1720–1730

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Palette

Biscuit
44% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.9:1

Fawn
30% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.1:1

Slate
17% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.5:1

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

Midnight
3% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.9:1

Madder
0% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.0:1

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: Edo period, 1720–1730
Type: Painting
Medium: Album sheet mounted as hanging scroll. Ink and colors on paper
Size: 31.6 × 21.7 cm (12 1/2 × 8 9/16 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 18th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 63, colourfulness 19

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Henderson. 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

An Actor on Stage

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