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Light Green Yellow & Cotinga Purple

Plate 61 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Light Green Yellow, Cotinga Purple.

Light Green Yellow

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Cotinga Purple

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About this combination

Combination 61 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Light Green Yellow, Cotinga Purple, 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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