Showa era · refined · warm · bold

Coral Red & Scarlet +2

Plate 332 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Coral Red, Scarlet, Deep Slate Olive, Dusky Green.

Coral Red

#f58e84

Scarlet

#cb2f43

Deep Slate Olive

#253122

Dusky Green

#004f46

About this combination

Combination 332 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Coral Red, Scarlet, Deep Slate Olive, Dusky 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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