A work made of hanging scroll; ink and color on paper.

Monju Dressed in a Robe of Braided Grass (Nawa Monju)

Unknown artist · dated 1415

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Palette

Dark ochre
48% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.4:1

Honey
18% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 7.2:1

Raw umber
16% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.1:1

Sand
10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.2:1

Butter
4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.4:1

Sepia
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.9:1

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
Date: dated 1415
Type: Painting
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Size: 92.7 × 40.3 cm (36 1/2 × 15 7/8 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 15th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 51, colourfulness 36

Art Institute of Chicago, Samuel M. Nickerson Fund. 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

Monju Dressed in a Robe of Braided Grass (Nawa Monju)

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