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A work made of ink on paper; woodblock-printed books.

An Illustrated New Edition of the Water Margin (Shinpen Suikogaden)

Katsushika Hokusai · 1823/25

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Palette

Putty
 44% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.3:1
Lichen
 23% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.1:1
Fawn
 20% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.4:1
Green earth
 8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1
Pale stone
 3% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.0:1
Sepia
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.6:1

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
Katsushika Hokusai
Japanese, 1760-1849
Date
1823/25
Type
Painting
Medium
Ink on paper; woodblock-printed books
Place
Japan
Period
19th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 70, colourfulness 18

Art Institute of Chicago, Frederick W. Gookin Collection. 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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