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Lemon Yellow & Benzol Green +2

Plate 306 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Lemon Yellow, Benzol Green, Dull Viridian Green, Nile Blue.

Lemon Yellow

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Benzol Green

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Dull Viridian Green

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Nile Blue

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About this combination

Combination 306 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Lemon Yellow, Benzol Green, Dull Viridian Green, Nile 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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