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Pale Lemon Yellow & Benzol Green +2

Plate 281 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Pale Lemon Yellow, Benzol Green, Cobalt Green, Antwarp Blue.

Pale Lemon Yellow

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Benzol Green

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Cobalt Green

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Antwarp Blue

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About this combination

Combination 281 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Pale Lemon Yellow, Benzol Green, Cobalt Green, Antwarp 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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