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Sawamura Tosshō II (1838–86), from the series Mirror of Photographs Backstage (Shashin gakuya kagami - Sawamura Tosshō nisei) by Toyohara Kunichika

Sawamura Tosshō II (1838–86), from the series Mirror of Photographs Backstage (Shashin gakuya kagami - Sawamura Tosshō nisei)

Toyohara Kunichika · ca. 1859–61

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Palette

Pale stone
 69% of the image
Green · text contrast 10.3:1
Navy
 13% of the image
Blue · text contrast 12.9:1
Pewter
 6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.0:1
Slate
 6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.1:1
Madder
 4% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.9:1
Salmon
 2% of the image
Pink · text contrast 6.4:1

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
Toyohara Kunichika
Japanese, 1835–1900
Date
ca. 1859–61
Type
Print
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Size
Image: 14 1/4 × 9 3/4 in. (36.2 × 24.8 cm)
Place
Japan
Period
Edo period · 19th century
Main colour
Green · lightness 65, colourfulness 14

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Jack Greene Gift, 2001. Museum record. Public domain. United States: The Met marks it public domain (isPublicDomain = True). Europe: Artist died 1900: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1971. Last checked 2026-10-31 (isPublicDomain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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