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Lemon Yellow & Green Blue +2

Plate 259 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Lemon Yellow, Green Blue, Helvetia Blue, Warm Gray.

Lemon Yellow

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Green Blue

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Helvetia Blue

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Warm Gray

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About this combination

Combination 259 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Lemon Yellow, Green Blue, Helvetia Blue, Warm Gray, 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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