Showa era · solemn · warm · bold

Raw Sienna & Pale Burnt Lake +2

Plate 269 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Raw Sienna, Pale Burnt Lake, Aconite Violet, Black.

Raw Sienna

#bb7125

Pale Burnt Lake

#802626

Aconite Violet

#a36aa5

Black

#111314

About this combination

Combination 269 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Raw Sienna, Pale Burnt Lake, Aconite Violet, 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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