Ukiyo-e · 1856
Nihonbashi: Clearing after Snow
Nihonbashi: Clearing after Snow (1856) by Hiroshige. Its palette is led by pale muted golden cream (#e2d4b1, 37%) and blue (#1f5e8b, 13%), with accents of muted red, dark blue, scarlet red and pale gold. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and balanced between warm 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
- #e2d4b1 MG 202 pale muted golden cream 36.5% of canvas
- #956c69 MG 012 muted red 17.9% of canvas
- #1f5e8b MG 106 blue 12.8% of canvas
- #544844 MG 176 taupe 12.1% of canvas
- #030631 MG 221 blue black 7.8% of canvas
- #05366e MG 107 dark blue 7.0% of canvas
- #c23a3c MG 019 scarlet red 3.2% of canvas
- #e7ca5a MG 036 pale gold 2.7% of canvas
Color families
Brown 30%, Blue 23%, White 22%, Gray 8%, Red 6%
Measurements
Composition
51% of the visual weight is in the right half, 64% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.32 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 11% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 32% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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