Showa era · refined · warm · bold

Eosine Pink & Pyrite Yellow +2

Plate 287 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Eosine Pink, Pyrite Yellow, Pale King's Blue, Calamine BLue.

Eosine Pink

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Pyrite Yellow

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Pale King's Blue

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Calamine BLue

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About this combination

Combination 287 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Eosine Pink, Pyrite Yellow, Pale King's Blue, Calamine 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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