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Rosolanc Purple & Orange Yellow +1

Plate 170 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Rosolanc Purple, Orange Yellow, Red Violet.

Rosolanc Purple

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Orange Yellow

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Red Violet

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About this combination

Combination 170 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Rosolanc Purple, Orange Yellow, Red Violet, 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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