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A work made of color woodblock print; surimono.

Pine Branches and Paper Cranes

Niwa Tokei · c. 1821

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Palette

Parchment
 77% of the image
Green · text contrast 13.0:1
Lichen
 15% of the image
Green · text contrast 8.2:1
Salmon
 3% of the image
Pink · text contrast 7.7:1
Green earth
 2% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.3:1
Khaki
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.7:1
Pale gold
 1% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 10.8:1

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
Niwa Tokei
Japanese, 1760-1822
Date
c. 1821
Type
Print
Medium
Color woodblock print; surimono
Size
35.7 × 27.9 cm (14 1/16 × 11 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
19th century
Themes
Birds · Trees and forests
Main colour
Green · lightness 82, colourfulness 18

Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Daniel Green. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Art Institute of Chicago marks it public domain (is_public_domain = True). Europe: Artist died 1822: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1893. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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