The museum gift shop
The library, the toolbox, and a thank-you.
Everything at The Dictionary of Color Combinations is free to browse and copy — that will never change. This page is what to reach for next. The books that taught us the material — both volumes of Wada, the Albers classic, and shelf-defining histories of color. A short list of tools that pair with the archive. And a tip jar with the full bundle attached as a thank-you.
Library
The library behind the archive
Every palette in this archive stands on the shoulders of these books. Real criticism, real history, real judgment. If you want to go deeper than hex values, start here.
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Prints & posters
Museum-grade poster sets.
Each palette, printed as a single plate — generous margins, archival matte paper, designed to sit on a studio wall the way Wada's book sat on a studio shelf. Printed on demand, shipped worldwide.
Prints launch after the first batch of early supporters — subscribers hear first.
From the archive
Support the archive The full catalog, on your disk, as a thank-you.
- All 378 palettes (348 Wada + 30 editorial) in five formats
- Figma design tokens (W3C-spec JSON, drag into any file)
- Tailwind v4 + v3 configs — drop into any project
- CSS custom properties — every plate, one stylesheet
- 378 museum SVG plates — print-ready at any size
- Full JSON — colors, names, eras, moods, dominant hues
Launching soon. The free archive stays free, always.
A note from the archive
The archive itself will always stay free — no paywall, no login, no watermarks on the exports. The affiliate links above earn a small commission, the bundle is a tip jar for folks who want to support the work directly, and the prints will be a real product once demand is proven.
If you can't support financially, just share a palette you found useful. Word of mouth is the archive's oldest friend.
— The editors