Showa era · refined · warm · austere

Fawn & Dusky Madder Violet

Plate 18 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Fawn, Dusky Madder Violet.

Fawn

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Dusky Madder Violet

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About this combination

Combination 18 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Fawn, Dusky Madder Violet, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

This palette is inspired by the tradition of Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations, which cataloged combinations drawn from centuries of Japanese cultural life. The specific colors here use traditional shikisai names that have been in the public domain for generations.

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