Curated groupings
Collections.
71 curated groupings — browse by use case, season, hue family, or tradition. Every collection pairs an editorial shortlist with every matching plate from the full Wada catalog.
Every collection draws on the 348 plates of one 1933 book. Get Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary on Amazon → Affiliate link; your price is unchanged. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
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24 palettes
Color Palettes for Websites
Historically-grounded palettes that read well on screens at any scale.
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24 palettes
Color Palettes for Branding
Combinations with the gravitas to carry a brand — not just a moodboard.
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24 palettes
Autumn Color Palettes
Fallen leaves, persimmons, burnt umber, late harvest.
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7 palettes
Spring Color Palettes
Cherry blossom, young bamboo, the first green of the year.
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24 palettes
Minimalist Color Palettes
When two colors will do the work of five.
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23 palettes
Indigo Color Palettes
From ruri to kon — the deep blue tradition of Japanese textile.
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24 palettes
Bold Color Palettes
High contrast, high confidence — palettes that don't whisper.
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9 palettes
Heian Court Palettes
The refined color language of 8th–12th century Japanese aristocracy.
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24 palettes
Warm Color Palettes
Reds, oranges, golds, and amber — the heat range of the Japanese palette.
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24 palettes
Dark Color Palettes
Deep ink tones, midnight navy, and the quiet weight of Japanese shadow.
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8 palettes
Pastel Color Palettes
The soft register of Japanese color — sakura, haze, and spring mist.
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11 palettes
Earth Tone Color Palettes
Ochre, clay, moss, and bark — the natural pigments of Japanese craft.
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24 palettes
Summer Color Palettes
Bright yellows, warm oranges, playful pinks — the colors of light.
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10 palettes
Green Color Palettes
Young bamboo, matcha, celadon — the green continuum of Japanese craft.
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24 palettes
Red Color Palettes
Crimson, vermilion, madder — the most historically loaded pigments in Japan.
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24 palettes
Sunset Color Palettes
The golden hour in pigment — orange, amber, rose, and deep red.
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12 palettes
Pink Color Palettes
Sakura, nadeshiko, usubeni — the full range of Japanese pink.
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20 palettes
Blue Color Palettes
From sky blue to midnight indigo — the full Japanese blue spectrum.
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4 palettes
Purple Color Palettes
Murasaki, fuji, kikyo — the most prestigious pigments of Japanese court.
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17 palettes
Winter Color Palettes
Deep indigo, ink black, frost white — the quietest register of the Japanese year.
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12 palettes
Halloween Color Palettes
Orange against ink black and dusky violet, from a 1933 colour dictionary that never heard of Halloween.
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15 palettes
Christmas Color Palettes
Madder red, crimson lake and evergreen: red and green the way a 1930s colour dictionary paired them.
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24 palettes
Vintage Color Palettes
The muted beauty of aged lacquer, worn cloth, and faded woodblock prints.
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24 palettes
Japanese Color Palettes
Wada's 1933 dictionary — the definitive source for Japanese color tradition.
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9 palettes
Wedding Color Palettes
Soft, ceremonial, enduring — the Japanese palette for celebration.
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24 palettes
Color Palettes for Logos
Combinations that hold at favicon scale and expand to full system.
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24 palettes
Interior Design Color Palettes
Colors that live well in rooms — drawn from a tradition built for architecture.
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Ocean Color Palettes
Deep-water blues, seafoam, and the colors the sea turns at dusk.
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24 palettes
Fashion Color Palettes
Colors that survived centuries of wear — in fabric, dye, and silhouette.
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15 palettes
Nature Color Palettes
Mosses, matcha, bark, stone — the colors of the Japanese countryside.
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24 palettes
Food & Restaurant Color Palettes
Warm, appetizing, grounded — the palette of Japanese dining culture.
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8 palettes
Teal Color Palettes
The blue-green that named itself after a bird — and the Japanese colors that own that space.
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24 palettes
Terracotta Color Palettes
Clay, rust, and fired earth — the oldest pigments on the palette.
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Neutral Color Palettes
Refined restraint — the palettes that let everything else breathe.
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24 palettes
Cafe Color Palettes
Roasted, steeped, and served — color combinations for coffee culture.
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24 palettes
Grey Color Palettes
Between black and white — where Japanese aesthetics live.
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16 palettes
Black Color Palettes
Sumi ink, lacquer, and the weight of restraint.
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8 palettes
Sage Green Color Palettes
The green of dried herbs, early morning mist, and quiet rooms.
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21 palettes
Navy Blue Color Palettes
The deep blue of indigo-dyed cloth and night harbors.
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24 palettes
Retro Color Palettes
Wada's 1933 system is, by definition, the original retro palette.
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6 palettes
Boho Color Palettes
Warm terracotta, dusty turquoise, aged ivory, and woven warmth.
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24 palettes
Art Deco Color Palettes
Gold, black, deep blue, and the geometric luxury of the 1920s.
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10 palettes
Tropical Color Palettes
Vivid greens, ocean blues, and sun-saturated warmth.
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24 palettes
Muted Color Palettes
Soft, desaturated tones that feel considered rather than cautious.
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24 palettes
Jewel Tone Color Palettes
Emerald, sapphire, amethyst — deep and unapologetically rich.
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24 palettes
Moody Color Palettes
Dark, atmospheric combinations with cinematic weight.
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9 palettes
Coastal Color Palettes
Sea blue, bleached linen, and the quiet greys of driftwood.
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6 palettes
Desert Color Palettes
Warm terracotta, dusty sand, and the bleached gold of open sky.
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Luxury Color Palettes
Deep navy, gold, ivory, and the material weight of the precious.
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7 palettes
Neon Color Palettes
Maximum saturation — the festival palette at full force.
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24 palettes
Monochromatic Color Palettes
One hue, infinite depth — the harmony of a single color taken to its limits.
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8 palettes
Farmhouse Color Palettes
Aged wood, warm linen, and the honest palette of natural materials.
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Scandinavian Color Palettes
Cool restraint, natural light, and the clarity of considered minimalism.
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24 palettes
Mid-Century Color Palettes
Mustard, olive, teal, and warm brown — the modernist palette at its peak.
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12 palettes
Dark Academia Color Palettes
Library stacks, aged leather, candlelight, and the romantic weight of deep study.
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6 palettes
Cottagecore Color Palettes
Soft pinks, sage greens, lavender, and the gentle palette of a pastoral world.
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18 palettes
Japandi Color Palettes
Where Japanese restraint meets Scandinavian clarity — the quietest palette in modern design.
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24 palettes
Kitchen Color Palettes
Warm cream, sage, terracotta, deep green — the colors that make a kitchen feel lived-in.
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8 palettes
Bedroom Color Palettes
Quiet lavenders, soft pinks, dusky blues — the colors that lower the heart rate.
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8 palettes
Y2K Color Palettes
Bubblegum pink, cyber lilac, sky blue — the early-2000s revival, historically grounded.
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10 palettes
Forest Color Palettes
Deep moss, pine needle, aged bark — the palette of the understory at dusk.
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Maximalist Color Palettes
Crimson against ultramarine, vermilion on ink — the palette that refuses to apologize.
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Modernist Color Palettes
Primary reds, blues, and yellows against ink and white — the Bauhaus impulse, in pigment.
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8 palettes
Hygge Color Palettes
Candle-lit cream, wool grey, soft moss — the Danish art of cozy in pigment.
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9 palettes
Wabi-Sabi Color Palettes
Aged ceramic, weathered wood, ink stain on paper — the Japanese aesthetic of imperfection.
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7 palettes
Biophilic Color Palettes
Living green, soil brown, water blue — color borrowed directly from the natural world.
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12 palettes
Gothic Color Palettes
Stained-glass jewel tones over ink and stone — the gothic palette in pigment.
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10 palettes
Art Nouveau Color Palettes
Mucha's botanical pastels, Klimt's gold leaf — the curve-forward aesthetic of 1900.
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23 palettes
Victorian Color Palettes
Heavy burgundy, brass, parlor green — the layered confidence of late-1800s interiors.
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7 palettes
Vaporwave Color Palettes
Synth pink, cyber lavender, glitch teal — 2010s digital melancholia in pigment.
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6 palettes
Coquette Color Palettes
Pale rose, cream, and powder blue — the ribbon-soft palette of the coquette aesthetic.
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