Showa era · refined · warm · bold

Red & Pale Lemon Yellow +2

Plate 261 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Red, Pale Lemon Yellow, Calamine BLue, Warm Gray.

Red

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Pale Lemon Yellow

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Calamine BLue

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Warm Gray

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About this combination

Combination 261 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Red, Pale Lemon Yellow, Calamine 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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