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A work made of mounted painting; ink on paper.

Two sparrows

Nagasawa Rosetsu · 18th century

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Palette

Khaki
 61% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1
Dark olive
 18% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.6:1
Olive brown
 13% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.4:1
Putty
 4% of the image
Green · text contrast 8.4:1
Dark chocolate
 2% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.9:1
Taupe
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1

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
Nagasawa Rosetsu
Date
18th century
Type
Painting
Medium
mounted painting; ink on paper
Place
Japan
Period
18th century
Themes
Birds
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 44, colourfulness 24

Art Institute of Chicago, James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf 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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