Showa era · refined · warm · bold

Red Orange & Pale Lemon Yellow +2

Plate 241 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Red Orange, Pale Lemon Yellow, Isabella Color, Dark Medici Blue.

Red Orange

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Pale Lemon Yellow

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Isabella Color

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Dark Medici Blue

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About this combination

Combination 241 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Red Orange, Pale Lemon Yellow, Isabella Color, Dark Medici 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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