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Olive Yellow & Sea Green +2

Plate 347 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Olive Yellow, Sea Green, Helvetia Blue, Lilac.

Olive Yellow

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Sea Green

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Helvetia Blue

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Lilac

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About this combination

Combination 347 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Olive Yellow, Sea Green, Helvetia Blue, Lilac, 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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