Showa era · refined · warm

Light Brown Drab & Ochraceous Salmon +1

Plate 223 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Light Brown Drab, Ochraceous Salmon, Turquoise Green.

Light Brown Drab

#b59392

Ochraceous Salmon

#d8a37b

Turquoise Green

#b5decc

About this combination

Combination 223 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Light Brown Drab, Ochraceous Salmon, Turquoise Green, 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.

From the archive

The Complete Wada Bundle All 348 historical combinations, five formats, one download.

See what's inside

Launching soon. The free archive stays free, always.