Ichikawa Danjuro IV in the Role of Kagekiyo in the Play Enlightenment from a Series of Portraits of Danjūrō

Utagawa Toyokuni II · ca. 1834

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Palette

Pale stone
42% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.3:1

Smoke
24% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.3:1

Stone
21% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.8:1

Chalk
6% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 17.0:1

Slate blue
4% of the image
Blue · text contrast 7.7:1

Dusty rose
3% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.5:1

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: Utagawa Toyokuni II
Japanese, 1777–1835
Date: ca. 1834
Type: Print
Medium: Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Size: 7 x 6 3/4 in. (17.8 x 17.1 cm)
Place: Japan
Period: Edo period · 19th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 64, colourfulness 11

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929. Museum record. Public domain. United States: The Met marks it public domain (isPublicDomain = True). Europe: Artist died 1835: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1906. Last checked 2026-10-31 (isPublicDomain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

Ichikawa Danjuro IV in the Role of Kagekiyo in the Play Enlightenment from a Series of Portraits of Danjūrō

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