Showa era · refined · warm

Sudan Brown & Glaucous Green +1

Plate 207 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Sudan Brown, Glaucous Green, Black.

Sudan Brown

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Glaucous Green

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Black

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About this combination

Combination 207 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Sudan Brown, Glaucous Green, Black, 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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