A work made of hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk.

Illustrated Legends of the Tenchi-in (Tenchi-in engi)

Unknown artist · 14th century

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Palette

Bronze
49% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.1:1

Dark ochre
36% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1

Honey
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.2:1

Umber
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.5:1

Olive brown
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.8:1

Copper
2% of the image
Orange · text contrast 5.4:1

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

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Artist: Unknown artist
Japanese
Date: 14th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk
Size: 256 × 104 cm (100 13/16 × 41 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 13th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 42, colourfulness 35

Art Institute of Chicago, Kate S. Buckingham Endowment. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-29); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Illustrated Legends of the Tenchi-in (Tenchi-in engi)

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