Two Women Feeding Fish

Kitao Shigemasa · 1739–1820

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Palette

Parchment
48% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.6:1

Fawn
23% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.7:1

Dusty rose
17% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.7:1

Bone white
8% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 17.5:1

Salmon
2% of the image
Pink · text contrast 6.0:1

Iron
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.2:1

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: Kitao Shigemasa
Japanese, 1739–1820
Date: 1739–1820
Type: Print
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Size: 14 1/8 x 9 7/8 in. (35.9 x 25.1 cm)
Place: Japan
Period: Edo period · 18th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 75, colourfulness 18

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 1820: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1891. Last checked 2026-10-31 (isPublicDomain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

Two Women Feeding Fish

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