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Wreatler overthrowing Frenchman

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

Wreatler overthrowing Frenchman

Utagawa Yoshiiku · c. 1860

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Palette

Putty
73% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.8:1

Prussian blue
10% of the image
Blue · text contrast 13.2:1

Smoke
10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.2:1

Cinnamon
5% of the image
Pink · text contrast 5.7:1

Khaki
1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.6:1

Straw
1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.3:1

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: Utagawa Yoshiiku
Japanese, 1833–1904
Date: c. 1860
Type: Print
Medium: Color woodblock print; oban
Place: Japan
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 65, colourfulness 19

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Art Institute of Chicago marks it public domain (is_public_domain = True). Europe: Artist died 1904: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1975. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules