Onoe Kikugorō ichidai banashi Gama

Onoe Kikugorō ichidai banashi Gama (1847) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Its palette is led by pale sand (#d2bb91, 38%) and warm grey (#867c69, 17%), with accents of light amber, slate and scarlet red. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and warm.

Color reading

Brown covers about two-thirds of the canvas. Its most vivid color, scarlet red #B34138, takes up just 3% of it.

Palette

#d2bb91 MG 180 pale sand 37.9% of canvas
#867c69 MG 174 warm grey 16.6% of canvas
#c2904a MG 033 light amber 14.2% of canvas
#413636 MG 218 graphite 11.5% of canvas
#734f3f MG 154 reddish brown 10.7% of canvas
#425c61 MG 210 slate 5.8% of canvas
#b34138 MG 019 scarlet red 3.3% of canvas

Color families

Brown 66%, Yellow 9%, Gray 7%, White 4%, Black 4%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.63
Contrast: 0.53
Vividness: 0.056
Warmth: +0.96
Complexity: 244 cells
Hue range: 0.43
Focus: 0.03

Composition

51% of the visual weight is in the left half, 53% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.10 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 2% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 36% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1847
Genre: ukiyo-e

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