Showa era · refined · warm · austere

Coral Red & Benzol Green

Plate 92 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Coral Red, Benzol Green.

Coral Red

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Benzol Green

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About this combination

Combination 92 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Coral Red, Benzol Green, 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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