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Citron Yellow & Pale King's Blue +1

Plate 196 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Citron Yellow, Pale King's Blue, Blue Violet.

Citron Yellow

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Pale King's Blue

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Blue Violet

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About this combination

Combination 196 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Citron Yellow, Pale King's Blue, Blue 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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