Showa era · refined · warm · bold

Brick Red & Apricot Orange +2

Plate 328 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Brick Red, Apricot Orange, Vandyke Brown, Light Porcelain Green.

Brick Red

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Apricot Orange

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Vandyke Brown

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Light Porcelain Green

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About this combination

Combination 328 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Brick Red, Apricot Orange, Vandyke Brown, Light Porcelain 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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