Ukiyo-e · 1853
Famous Views of the 60-odd Provinces
Famous Views of the 60-odd Provinces (1853) by Hiroshige. Its palette is led by pale sand (#c7b99d, 39%) and light muted green (#9ba28f, 38%), with accents of muted azure teal. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and warm.
Color note
Hiroshige used Prussian blue in skies and water so strikingly that the deep color became known in the West as “Hiroshige blue”.
Palette
- #c7b99d MG 180 pale sand 38.7% of canvas
- #9ba28f MG 055 light muted green 38.2% of canvas
- #d7ccb9 MG 171 bone 12.4% of canvas
- #a6544e MG 018 red 7.6% of canvas
- #4c7d88 MG 082 muted azure teal 3.1% of canvas
Color families
Brown 71%, Green 17%, Red 6%, Yellow 3%, White 2%
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Composition
54% of the visual weight is in the right half, 52% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.65 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 15% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 38% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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