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Pines and Waves at Ryūtō (Ryūtō shōtō), from the series Eight Views of the Ryūkyū Islands (Ryūkyū hakkei)

Pines and Waves at Ryūtō (Ryūtō shōtō), from the series Eight Views of the Ryūkyū Islands (Ryūkyū hakkei)

Katsushika Hokusai · ca. 1832

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Palette

Linen
55% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.8:1

Stone
22% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.8:1

Slate blue
10% of the image
Blue · text contrast 8.1:1

Blue-grey
6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.9:1

Putty
4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.1:1

Ash
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.0:1

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

Details

Artist: Katsushika Hokusai
Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)
Date: ca. 1832
Type: Print
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Size: 9 7/8 x 14 5/8 in. (25.1 x 37.1 cm)
Place: Japan
Period: Edo period · 19th century
Themes: Landscapes · Seascapes and the coast · Winter and snow · Trees and forests
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 72, colourfulness 14

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Henry L. Phillips Collection, Bequest of Henry L. Phillips, 1939. Museum record. Public domain. United States: The Met marks it public domain (isPublicDomain = True). Europe: Artist died 1849: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1920. Last checked 2026-10-31 (isPublicDomain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules