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A work made of handscroll, ink and colors on paper.

Sumiyoshi Monogatari

Unknown artist · 16th century

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Palette

Khaki
 77% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1
Sepia
 7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.3:1
Raw umber
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.7:1
Pale stone
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.5:1
Stone
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.9:1
Taupe
 2% of the image
Grey · 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
Unknown artist
Japanese
Date
16th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Handscroll, ink and colors on paper
Size
16.6 × 53.4 cm (6 1/2 × 21 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
15th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 52, colourfulness 21

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Robert Allerton. 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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