Showa era · refined · warm · austere

Cameo Pink & Pompeian Red

Plate 120 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Cameo Pink, Pompeian Red.

Cameo Pink

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Pompeian Red

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About this combination

Combination 120 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Cameo Pink, Pompeian Red, 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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