A work made of pair of six-panel screens; ink and gold leaf on paper.

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Kishi Ganku · Early 19th century

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Palette

Pale gold
60% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 10.8:1

Pewter
19% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.2:1

Tan
13% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1

Linen
5% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.5:1

Sepia
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.1:1

Silver
1% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.0:1

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

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Artist: Kishi Ganku
Japanese, 1749-1838
Date: Early 19th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Pair of six-panel screens; ink and gold leaf on paper
Size: 178 × 376 cm (70 × 148 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Yellow · lightness 71, colourfulness 34

Art Institute of Chicago, Russell Tyson Purchase Fund income. 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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