Ukiyo-e · 1857
Suidōbashi surugadai
Suidōbashi surugadai (1857) by Hiroshige. Its palette is led by pale sand (#cfb58f, 29%) and putty (#989887, 21%), with accents of taupe, rich sienna and dark muted azure blue. 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
- #cfb58f MG 180 pale sand 29.3% of canvas
- #989887 MG 173 putty 20.8% of canvas
- #567063 MG 216 dark grey 19.8% of canvas
- #2a2b2b MG 222 charcoal 13.5% of canvas
- #4f4c41 MG 176 taupe 12.5% of canvas
- #8e362a MG 147 rich sienna 3.1% of canvas
- #2b405a MG 098 dark muted azure blue 0.9% of canvas
Color families
Brown 67%, Gray 11%, Green 9%, Black 8%, Yellow 2%
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Composition
54% of the visual weight is in the left half, 53% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.24 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 19% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 30% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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