Showa era · refined · warm · bold

Spectrum Red & Brick Red +2

Plate 322 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Spectrum Red, Brick Red, Eupatorium Purple, Blue Violet.

Spectrum Red

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Brick Red

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Eupatorium Purple

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Blue Violet

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About this combination

Combination 322 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Spectrum Red, Brick Red, Eupatorium Purple, Blue Violet, 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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