Ukiyo-e · 1858
Fireworks at Ryogoku
Fireworks at Ryogoku (1858) by Hiroshige. Its palette is led by graphite (#3e4040, 54%) and pale muted golden cream (#dfd2b0, 16%), with accents of dark grey and scarlet red. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, muted 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
- #3e4040 MG 218 graphite 53.5% of canvas
- #dfd2b0 MG 203 pale muted golden cream 15.7% of canvas
- #6e8693 MG 215 grey 11.1% of canvas
- #bcb092 MG 172 oatmeal 10.2% of canvas
- #636462 MG 216 dark grey 7.4% of canvas
- #a94725 MG 019 scarlet red 2.1% of canvas
Color families
Gray 57%, Brown 15%, White 14%, Blue 8%, Black 3%
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Composition
68% of the visual weight is in the right half, 60% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.00 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 47% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 27% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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