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Koi by Keisai Eisen

Koi

Keisai Eisen · ca. 1842

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Palette

Ash
 59% of the image
Teal · text contrast 6.9:1
Iron
 21% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.3:1
Pewter
 11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.4:1
Bone white
 5% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.5:1
Steel blue
 2% of the image
Blue · text contrast 5.7:1
Putty
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.1:1

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
Keisai Eisen
Japanese, 1790–1848
Date
ca. 1842
Type
Print
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Size
9 3/4 x 14 in. (24.8 x 35.6 cm)
Place
Japan
Period
Edo period · 19th century
Main colour
Teal · lightness 58, colourfulness 11

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1917. Museum record. Public domain. United States: The Met marks it public domain (isPublicDomain = True). Europe: Artist died 1848: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1919. Last checked 2026-10-31 (isPublicDomain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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