A work made of hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk.

Courtesan and Two Attendants

Torii Kiyonobu · About 1705

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Palette

Fawn
57% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.1:1

Smoke
30% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.0:1

Taupe
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1

Putty
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.2:1

Ash
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.0:1

Madder
1% 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: Torii Kiyonobu
Japanese, 1664–1729
Date: About 1705
Type: Painting
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk
Size: Painting: 83.4 × 33.2 cm (32 13/16 × 13 1/16 in.); With mounting: 171.5 × 46.6 cm (67 1/2 × 18 5/16 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 17th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 58, colourfulness 17

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

Courtesan and Two Attendants

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