Showa era · refined · warm · bold

Cinnamon Buff & Deep Lyons Blue +2

Plate 344 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Cinnamon Buff, Deep Lyons Blue, Aconite Violet, Black.

Cinnamon Buff

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Deep Lyons Blue

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Aconite Violet

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Black

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About this combination

Combination 344 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Cinnamon Buff, Deep Lyons Blue, Aconite Violet, 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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