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Collection of Desires, Wish for Foreign Travel (Mitate Tai zukushi-yōkō ga shitai) by Yoshitoshi

Collection of Desires, Wish for Foreign Travel (Mitate Tai zukushi-yōkō ga shitai)

Yoshitoshi · January, 1878

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Palette

Putty
 60% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.5:1
Tan
 17% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.8:1
Mauve
 9% of the image
Pink · text contrast 5.0:1
Madder
 5% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.3:1
Iron
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.7:1
Sage
 4% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.8:1

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
Yoshitoshi
Japanese, 1839–1892
Date
January, 1878
Type
Print
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Size
Image: 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. (36.8 x 25.1 cm)
Place
Japan
Period
Meiji period · 19th century
Themes
Reading and letters
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 64, colourfulness 20

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 1892: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1963. Last checked 2026-10-31 (isPublicDomain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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