Ukiyo-e · 1794
Kabuki Actor Ōtani Oniji III as Yakko Edobei in the Play The Colored Reins of a Loving Wife (Koi nyōbō somewake tazuna)
Kabuki Actor Ōtani Oniji III as Yakko Edobei in the Play The Colored Reins of a Loving Wife (Koi nyōbō somewake tazuna) (1794) by Tōshūsai Sharaku. Its palette is led by stone (#6e6657, 27%) and bone (#dac9a9, 23%), with accents of dark reddish brown and light sand. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Brown covers about three-quarters of the print. Even its most colorful tone, bone #DAC9A9, stays close to gray.
Palette
- #6e6657 MG 175 stone 27.0% of canvas
- #dac9a9 MG 171 bone 23.3% of canvas
- #857b72 MG 174 warm grey 19.1% of canvas
- #282423 MG 222 charcoal 12.9% of canvas
- #573b30 MG 155 dark reddish brown 10.7% of canvas
- #b2a086 MG 181 light sand 7.0% of canvas
Color families
Brown 73%, White 9%, Black 8%, Gray 7%, Orange 1%
Measurements
Composition
53% of the visual weight is in the right half, 55% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.00 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 33% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 26% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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