Three Beauties of the Present Day

Three Beauties of the Present Day (1790s) by Kitagawa Utamaro. Its palette is led by parchment (#e1d5cc, 51%) and oatmeal (#c5ad98, 22%), with accents of sienna. Overall the canvas is light, muted and warm.

Color reading

White and brown cover about three-fifths of the print. Its most vivid color, light scarlet #CE8971, takes up 6% of it.

Palette

#e1d5cc MG 201 parchment 50.5% of canvas
#c5ad98 MG 172 oatmeal 22.2% of canvas
#1c0d25 MG 221 blue black 15.7% of canvas
#684d57 MG 143 sienna 6.1% of canvas
#ce8971 MG 023 light scarlet 5.5% of canvas

Color families

White 32%, Brown 29%, Gray 20%, Black 10%, Red 4%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.71
Contrast: 0.69
Vividness: 0.025
Warmth: +1.00
Complexity: 187 cells
Hue range: 0.55
Focus: 0.05

Composition

53% of the visual weight is in the right half, 59% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.41 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 23% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 25% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1790s
Medium: Woodblock print
Size: 37.9 × 24.9 cm
Genre: ukiyo-e

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