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Irises at Yatsuhashi (Eight Bridges) by Ogata Kōrin

Irises at Yatsuhashi (Eight Bridges)

Ogata Kōrin · after 1709

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Palette

Sand
 39% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.9:1
Raw umber
 24% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.1:1
Viridian
 19% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.8:1
Slate
 10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.4:1
Green earth
 5% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.7:1
Coffee
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 15.1:1

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
Ogata Kōrin
Japanese, 1658–1716
Date
after 1709
Type
Painting
Medium
Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on gold leaf on paper
Size
Image (each screen): 64 7/16 in. x 11ft. 6 3/4 in. (163.7 x 352.4 cm) Overall (each screen): 70 1/2 in. x 12 ft. 2 1/4 in. (179.1 x 371.5 cm)
Place
Japan
Period
Edo period · 18th century
Themes
Flowers
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 50, colourfulness 27

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Louisa Eldridge McBurney Gift, 1953. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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