Women's Bathhouse and Laundry

Kitao Shigemasa · Mid-18th to early 19th century

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Oyster
71% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.2:1

Stone
14% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.0:1

Caramel
9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.3:1

Tan
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1

Iron
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.9:1

Raw umber
1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.6:1

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

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Artist: Kitao Shigemasa
Japanese, 1739-1830
Date: Mid-18th to early 19th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Ink and colors on paper
Size: 104.6 × 188.7 cm (41 3/16 × 74 5/16 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 18th century
Main colour: White & cream · lightness 74, colourfulness 14

Art Institute of Chicago, Margaret Gentles Endowment. 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

Women's Bathhouse and Laundry

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