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A work made of hanging scroll; ink on silk.

Trees in the Clouds on Layered Mountains (Jûzan umbokuzu)

Nakabayashi Chikutô · 1853

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Palette

Tan
 41% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.4:1
Putty
 23% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.7:1
Graphite
 20% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.2:1
Fawn
 12% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.5:1
Taupe
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.7:1
Stone
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1

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
Nakabayashi Chikutô
Japanese, 1776–1853
Date
1853
Type
Painting
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on silk
Size
Painting: 110.1 × 40.8 cm (43 5/16 × 16 1/16 in.); With mounting: 191.2 × 56.9 cm (75 1/4 × 22 3/8 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
19th century
Themes
Mountains · Trees and forests
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 56, colourfulness 18

Art Institute of Chicago, Mrs. G. William Reynolds. Purchased with funds provided by. 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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