Showa era · refined · warm · austere

Etruscan Red & Grayish Lavender - B

Plate 47 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Etruscan Red, Grayish Lavender - B.

Etruscan Red

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Grayish Lavender - B

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About this combination

Combination 47 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Etruscan Red, Grayish Lavender - B, 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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