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Peach Red & Sea Green +2

Plate 340 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Peach Red, Sea Green, Neutral Gray, Black.

Peach Red

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Sea Green

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Neutral Gray

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Black

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About this combination

Combination 340 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Peach Red, Sea Green, Neutral Gray, Black, 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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