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

Matsuchiyama on the Sumida River

Utagawa Hiroshige · Edo period, 1856

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Palette

Sand
 27% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.4:1
Straw
 26% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.2:1
Biscuit
 23% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.9:1
Khaki
 13% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.5:1
Parchment
 9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.9:1
Cream
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.3:1

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

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Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
Japanese, 1797-1858
Date
Edo period, 1856
Type
Painting
Medium
Hanging scroll; Ink and color on silk
Size
40.5 × 58.8 cm (16 × 23 3/16 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
19th century
Themes
Rivers and lakes
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 73, colourfulness 33

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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