Showa era · refined · warm · austere

Etruscan Red & Nile Blue

Plate 25 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Etruscan Red, Nile Blue.

Etruscan Red

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Nile Blue

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About this combination

Combination 25 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Etruscan Red, Nile Blue, 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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