The Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals

Kanō Takanobu · early 17th century

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Tan
44% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.7:1

Smoke
34% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.3:1

Iron
11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.7:1

Putty
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.3:1

Taupe
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1

Caramel
2% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.4:1

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

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Artist: Kanō Takanobu
Japanese, 1571–1618
Date: early 17th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, and silver on paper
Size: Image (each): 65 1/8 in. × 11 ft. 10 in. (165.4 × 360.7 cm) Overall (each): 72 in. × 12 ft. 2 1/2 in. (182.9 × 372.1 cm)
Place: Japan
Period: 16th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 51, colourfulness 16

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Mary and Cheney Cowles Gift, 2024. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

The Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals

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