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Mirror of National Costumes of All Nations (Bankoku ishō kagami) by Kobayashi Kiyochika

Mirror of National Costumes of All Nations (Bankoku ishō kagami)

Kobayashi Kiyochika · 1882

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Palette

Mushroom
 50% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.7:1
Rose
 13% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.9:1
Smoke
 11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.2:1
Parchment
 10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.5:1
Chalk
 10% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 16.8:1
Blue-grey
 6% of the image
Teal · text contrast 4.6:1

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
Kobayashi Kiyochika
Japanese, 1847–1915
Date
1882
Type
Print
Medium
Triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Size
Image (a): 14 x 9 1/4 in. (35.6 x 23.5 cm) Image (b): 13 7/8 x 9 in. (35.2 x 22.9 cm) Image (c): 14 x 9 1/2 in. (35.6 x 24.1 cm)
Place
Japan
Period
Meiji period · 19th century
Main colour
Grey · lightness 64, colourfulness 14

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 1915: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1986. Last checked 2026-10-31 (isPublicDomain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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