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Foreigners Riding Along the Coast at Takanawa in the Eastern Capital by Utagawa Hiroshige II

Foreigners Riding Along the Coast at Takanawa in the Eastern Capital

Utagawa Hiroshige II · 9th month, 1861

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Palette

Smoke
 43% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.3:1
Biscuit
 23% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.4:1
Putty
 21% of the image
Green · text contrast 7.9:1
Peacock
 6% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.6:1
Madder
 4% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.9:1
Prussian blue
 3% of the image
Blue · text contrast 11.6:1

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
Utagawa Hiroshige II
Japanese, 1826–1869
Date
9th month, 1861
Type
Print
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Size
Image: 14 1/4 x 10 5/8 in. (36.2 x 27 cm)
Place
Japan
Period
Edo period · 19th century
Themes
Seascapes and the coast · Horses
Main colour
Grey · lightness 58, colourfulness 15

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005. Museum record. Public domain. United States: The Met marks it public domain (isPublicDomain = True). Europe: Artist died 1869: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1940. Last checked 2026-10-31 (isPublicDomain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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