Showa era · refined · warm · austere

Corinthian Pink & Citron Yellow

Plate 87 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Corinthian Pink, Citron Yellow.

Corinthian Pink

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Citron Yellow

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About this combination

Combination 87 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Corinthian Pink, Citron Yellow, 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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