Showa era · refined · warm

Pansy Purple & Olive Ocher +1

Plate 157 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Pansy Purple, Olive Ocher, Olympic Blue.

Pansy Purple

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Olive Ocher

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Olympic Blue

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About this combination

Combination 157 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Pansy Purple, Olive Ocher, Olympic 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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