11 named colors · 10 combinations

Pink Color Combinations.

Delicate pinks from blossom white to deep rose in the Wada archive. Momoiro (peach pink) and sakura (cherry blossom) are the most recognizable Japanese pinks — spring colors that appear in court poetry, Heian robes, and woodblock prints.

Named colors

11 pink colors in the archive.

Combinations

10 pink-dominant color combinations.

Every palette in the archive where pink is the dominant hue — from Sanzo Wada's 348 historical plates plus editorial deep-dives.

Heian era

Cherry Blossom & Young Bamboo— 桜と若竹

The softest pink of cherry blossoms set beside young bamboo green — spring, captured.

Heian era

Pink Dianthus & Water— 撫子と水色

The soft pink of wild dianthus beside the translucent blue of mountain water.

Edo era

Light Pink & Tea— 薄紅と茶

A whisper of pink against tea brown — the tone of an Edo-period lacquer sweet box.

Showa era

Violet Red & Dull Blue Violet

Plate 9 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Violet Red, Dull Blue Violet.

Showa era

Rosolanc Purple & Helvetia Blue

Plate 48 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Rosolanc Purple, Helvetia Blue.

Showa era

Aconite Violet & Dark Soft Violet

Plate 64 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Aconite Violet, Dark Soft Violet.

Showa era

Rosolanc Purple & Orange +1

Plate 144 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Rosolanc Purple, Orange, Black.

Showa era

Rosolanc Purple & Orange Yellow +1

Plate 170 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Rosolanc Purple, Orange Yellow, Red Violet.

Showa era

Rosolanc Purple & Cinnamon Rufous +1

Plate 204 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Rosolanc Purple, Cinnamon Rufous, Light Glaucous Blue.

Showa era

Rosolanc Purple & Turquoise Green +2

Plate 346 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Rosolanc Purple, Turquoise Green, Light Green Yellow, Andover Green.

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