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A work made of album leaf; inks and color on paper..

Waterfall

Shibata Zeshin · Meiji period 1868–1912

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Palette

Dark olive
 74% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.3:1
Dark chocolate
 12% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.1:1
Ash
 6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.6:1
Bistre
 4% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.8:1
Coffee
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.2:1
Taupe
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.1:1

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
Shibata Zeshin
Date
Meiji period 1868–1912
Type
Painting
Medium
Album leaf; inks and color on paper.
Place
Japan
Period
19th century
Main colour
Brown · lightness 24, colourfulness 19

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Barancik. 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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