Showa era · solemn · warm · austere

Madder Brown & Violet Blue

Plate 98 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Madder Brown, Violet Blue.

Madder Brown

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Violet Blue

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About this combination

Combination 98 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Madder Brown, Violet 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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