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Pale Lemon Yellow & Yellow Green

Plate 111 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Pale Lemon Yellow, Yellow Green.

Pale Lemon Yellow

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Yellow Green

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About this combination

Combination 111 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Pale Lemon Yellow, Yellow 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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