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A work made of ink and color on paper.

Three dancers

Unknown Artist · 17th century

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Palette

Biscuit
 75% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.2:1
Ivory
 8% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.6:1
Fawn
 8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1
Putty
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.2:1
Warm grey
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.3:1
Sepia
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.0:1

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
Unknown Artist
Japanese, Edo period (1615-1868)
Date
17th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Ink and color on paper
Size
38.1 × 26.4 cm (15 × 10 3/8 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
17th century
Themes
Music and dance
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 78, colourfulness 23

Art Institute of Chicago, F.W. Gookin Fund. 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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