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Peach Red & Dark Citrine +2

Plate 274 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Peach Red, Dark Citrine, Olympic Blue, Light Mauve.

Peach Red

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Dark Citrine

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Olympic Blue

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Light Mauve

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About this combination

Combination 274 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Peach Red, Dark Citrine, Olympic Blue, Light Mauve, 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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