Ukiyo-e · 1857
Shichūhan'ei tanabata matsuri
Shichūhan'ei tanabata matsuri (1857) by Hiroshige. Its palette is led by pale sand (#c5b28f, 52%) and golden olive (#6f7062, 23%), with accents of reddish brown and scarlet red. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated 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
- #c5b28f MG 180 pale sand 52.5% of canvas
- #6f7062 MG 192 golden olive 23.3% of canvas
- #ae8469 MG 152 reddish brown 10.7% of canvas
- #202631 MG 222 charcoal 8.7% of canvas
- #a33e30 MG 019 scarlet red 4.7% of canvas
Color families
Brown 78%, Gray 5%, Yellow 4%, Blue 3%, Red 3%
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Composition
51% of the visual weight is in the right half, 56% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.18 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 16% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 33% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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