Kamakura era
Vermillion, Black, Gold— 朱・黒・金
The ceremonial triad of temple lacquerware — vermillion, lacquer black, gold leaf.
Collection · 7 palettes
Neon Color Palettes
Maximum saturation — the festival palette at full force.
Neon as a modern aesthetic didn't exist in 1933, but the impulse behind it — maximum saturation, maximum contrast, maximum energy — absolutely did. The Edo festival tradition ran on vermilion and gold, on deep crimson banners against black lacquer, on the ultra-blue of gunjo lapis next to oyster white. These combinations are the archive's highest-energy palettes: the ones that hold their own on digital screens, in printed wayfinding, in identity systems for entertainment, events, streetwear, and any project where the brief includes the word 'electric.' Not loud for its own sake — precise and deliberate at full power.
From the archive
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- All 378 palettes (348 Wada + 30 editorial) in five formats
- Figma design tokens (W3C-spec JSON, drag into any file)
- Tailwind v4 + v3 configs — drop into any project
- CSS custom properties — every plate, one stylesheet
- 378 museum SVG plates — print-ready at any size
- Full JSON — colors, names, eras, moods, dominant hues
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