Ukiyo-e · 1831
Fuchu
Fuchu (1831) by Hiroshige. Its palette is led by parchment (#e5dcd1, 31%) and light muted aqua (#93b1be, 26%), with accents of graphite, light scarlet and dark blue. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and cool.
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
- #e5dcd1 MG 201 parchment 30.8% of canvas
- #93b1be MG 080 light muted aqua 25.7% of canvas
- #6f6662 MG 216 dark grey 16.5% of canvas
- #d7c2b0 MG 171 bone 9.7% of canvas
- #45403c MG 218 graphite 7.6% of canvas
- #d78d6f MG 023 light scarlet 5.7% of canvas
- #1f4164 MG 107 dark blue 4.0% of canvas
Color families
White 32%, Gray 24%, Blue 22%, Brown 18%, Orange 3%
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Composition
56% of the visual weight is in the left half, 60% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.00 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 29% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 28% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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