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Shibata Zeshin
Flower Blossom

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

Flower Blossom

Shibata Zeshin · Miji period (1868–1912)

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Palette

Dark olive
81% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.1:1

Ash
8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.6:1

Lamp black
6% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.7:1

Olive brown
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.0:1

Bistre
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 15.1:1

Warm grey
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.8:1

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: Shibata Zeshin
Date: Miji period (1868–1912)
Type: Painting
Medium: Album leaf, inks and color on paper.
Place: Japan
Period: 19th century
Themes: Flowers
Main colour: Brown · lightness 28, 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