Showa era · refined · warm · bold

Hay's Russet & Cream Yellow +2

Plate 304 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Hay's Russet, Cream Yellow, Dark Citrine, Benzol Green.

Hay's Russet

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Cream Yellow

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Dark Citrine

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Benzol Green

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About this combination

Combination 304 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Hay's Russet, Cream Yellow, Dark Citrine, Benzol Green, 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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