Ukiyo-e Palette 1

Palette Analysis

Values in Ukiyo-e tilt decisively toward white, giving the palette its luminous character. A distinctly cool atmosphere runs through this palette: sky, water, and mist given colour form. Colours are neither washed out nor blazing; they occupy the productive middle ground of the chroma scale. #E5C89D claims 27.5% of the surface, functioning as the work's tonal foundation. The most saturated colour, #D58860, is reserved to 4.1% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. A value spread of 59 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively.