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Rough Waves by Ogata Kōrin

Rough Waves

Ogata Kōrin · ca. 1704–9

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Palette

Khaki
 53% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1
Spruce
 16% of the image
Green · text contrast 7.8:1
Green earth
 16% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.9:1
Pine
 6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.6:1
Lamp black
 6% of the image
Black · text contrast 20.4:1
Soot
 3% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.9:1

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

Details

Artist
Ogata Kōrin
Japanese, 1658–1716
Date
ca. 1704–9
Type
Painting
Medium
Two-panel folding screen; ink, color, and gold leaf on paper
Size
Image: 57 11/16 × 65 1/8 in. (146.5 × 165.4 cm) Overall: 59 1/4 × 66 1/2 in. (150.5 × 168.9 cm)
Place
Japan
Period
Edo period · 17th century
Themes
Seascapes and the coast
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 43, colourfulness 16

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1926. 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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