Curated groupings
Collections.
69 curated groupings — browse by use case, season, hue family, or tradition. Every collection pairs an editorial shortlist with every matching plate from the full Wada catalog.
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24 palettes
Color Palettes for Websites
Historically-grounded palettes that read well on screens at any scale.
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24 palettes
Color Palettes for Branding
Combinations with the gravitas to carry a brand — not just a moodboard.
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24 palettes
Autumn Color Palettes
Fallen leaves, persimmons, burnt umber, late harvest.
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7 palettes
Spring Color Palettes
Cherry blossom, young bamboo, the first green of the year.
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24 palettes
Minimalist Color Palettes
When two colors will do the work of five.
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23 palettes
Indigo Color Palettes
From ruri to kon — the deep blue tradition of Japanese textile.
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24 palettes
Bold Color Palettes
High contrast, high confidence — palettes that don't whisper.
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9 palettes
Heian Court Palettes
The refined color language of 8th–12th century Japanese aristocracy.
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24 palettes
Warm Color Palettes
Reds, oranges, golds, and amber — the heat range of the Japanese palette.
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24 palettes
Dark Color Palettes
Deep ink tones, midnight navy, and the quiet weight of Japanese shadow.
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8 palettes
Pastel Color Palettes
The soft register of Japanese color — sakura, haze, and spring mist.
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11 palettes
Earth Tone Color Palettes
Ochre, clay, moss, and bark — the natural pigments of Japanese craft.
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24 palettes
Summer Color Palettes
Bright yellows, warm oranges, playful pinks — the colors of light.
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10 palettes
Green Color Palettes
Young bamboo, matcha, celadon — the green continuum of Japanese craft.
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24 palettes
Red Color Palettes
Crimson, vermilion, madder — the most historically loaded pigments in Japan.
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24 palettes
Sunset Color Palettes
The golden hour in pigment — orange, amber, rose, and deep red.
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12 palettes
Pink Color Palettes
Sakura, nadeshiko, usubeni — the full range of Japanese pink.
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20 palettes
Blue Color Palettes
From sky blue to midnight indigo — the full Japanese blue spectrum.
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4 palettes
Purple Color Palettes
Murasaki, fuji, kikyo — the most prestigious pigments of Japanese court.
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17 palettes
Winter Color Palettes
Deep indigo, ink black, frost white — the quietest register of the Japanese year.
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24 palettes
Vintage Color Palettes
The muted beauty of aged lacquer, worn cloth, and faded woodblock prints.
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24 palettes
Japanese Color Palettes
Wada's 1933 dictionary — the definitive source for Japanese color tradition.
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9 palettes
Wedding Color Palettes
Soft, ceremonial, enduring — the Japanese palette for celebration.
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24 palettes
Color Palettes for Logos
Combinations that hold at favicon scale and expand to full system.
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24 palettes
Interior Design Color Palettes
Colors that live well in rooms — drawn from a tradition built for architecture.
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20 palettes
Ocean Color Palettes
Deep-water blues, seafoam, and the colors the sea turns at dusk.
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24 palettes
Fashion Color Palettes
Colors that survived centuries of wear — in fabric, dye, and silhouette.
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15 palettes
Nature Color Palettes
Mosses, matcha, bark, stone — the colors of the Japanese countryside.
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24 palettes
Food & Restaurant Color Palettes
Warm, appetizing, grounded — the palette of Japanese dining culture.
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8 palettes
Teal Color Palettes
The blue-green that named itself after a bird — and the Japanese colors that own that space.
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Terracotta Color Palettes
Clay, rust, and fired earth — the oldest pigments on the palette.
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24 palettes
Neutral Color Palettes
Refined restraint — the palettes that let everything else breathe.
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24 palettes
Cafe Color Palettes
Roasted, steeped, and served — color combinations for coffee culture.
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24 palettes
Grey Color Palettes
Between black and white — where Japanese aesthetics live.
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16 palettes
Black Color Palettes
Sumi ink, lacquer, and the weight of restraint.
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8 palettes
Sage Green Color Palettes
The green of dried herbs, early morning mist, and quiet rooms.
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21 palettes
Navy Blue Color Palettes
The deep blue of indigo-dyed cloth and night harbors.
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24 palettes
Retro Color Palettes
Wada's 1933 system is, by definition, the original retro palette.
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6 palettes
Boho Color Palettes
Warm terracotta, dusty turquoise, aged ivory, and woven warmth.
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24 palettes
Art Deco Color Palettes
Gold, black, deep blue, and the geometric luxury of the 1920s.
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10 palettes
Tropical Color Palettes
Vivid greens, ocean blues, and sun-saturated warmth.
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24 palettes
Muted Color Palettes
Soft, desaturated tones that feel considered rather than cautious.
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24 palettes
Jewel Tone Color Palettes
Emerald, sapphire, amethyst — deep and unapologetically rich.
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24 palettes
Moody Color Palettes
Dark, atmospheric combinations with cinematic weight.
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9 palettes
Coastal Color Palettes
Sea blue, bleached linen, and the quiet greys of driftwood.
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6 palettes
Desert Color Palettes
Warm terracotta, dusty sand, and the bleached gold of open sky.
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24 palettes
Luxury Color Palettes
Deep navy, gold, ivory, and the material weight of the precious.
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7 palettes
Neon Color Palettes
Maximum saturation — the festival palette at full force.
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24 palettes
Monochromatic Color Palettes
One hue, infinite depth — the harmony of a single color taken to its limits.
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8 palettes
Farmhouse Color Palettes
Aged wood, warm linen, and the honest palette of natural materials.
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17 palettes
Scandinavian Color Palettes
Cool restraint, natural light, and the clarity of considered minimalism.
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24 palettes
Mid-Century Color Palettes
Mustard, olive, teal, and warm brown — the modernist palette at its peak.
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12 palettes
Dark Academia Color Palettes
Library stacks, aged leather, candlelight, and the romantic weight of deep study.
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6 palettes
Cottagecore Color Palettes
Soft pinks, sage greens, lavender, and the gentle palette of a pastoral world.
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18 palettes
Japandi Color Palettes
Where Japanese restraint meets Scandinavian clarity — the quietest palette in modern design.
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24 palettes
Kitchen Color Palettes
Warm cream, sage, terracotta, deep green — the colors that make a kitchen feel lived-in.
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8 palettes
Bedroom Color Palettes
Quiet lavenders, soft pinks, dusky blues — the colors that lower the heart rate.
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6 palettes
Y2K Color Palettes
Bubblegum pink, cyber lilac, sky blue — the early-2000s revival, historically grounded.
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10 palettes
Forest Color Palettes
Deep moss, pine needle, aged bark — the palette of the understory at dusk.
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24 palettes
Maximalist Color Palettes
Crimson against ultramarine, vermilion on ink — the palette that refuses to apologize.
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24 palettes
Modernist Color Palettes
Primary reds, blues, and yellows against ink and white — the Bauhaus impulse, in pigment.
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8 palettes
Hygge Color Palettes
Candle-lit cream, wool grey, soft moss — the Danish art of cozy in pigment.
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9 palettes
Wabi-Sabi Color Palettes
Aged ceramic, weathered wood, ink stain on paper — the Japanese aesthetic of imperfection.
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7 palettes
Biophilic Color Palettes
Living green, soil brown, water blue — color borrowed directly from the natural world.
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12 palettes
Gothic Color Palettes
Stained-glass jewel tones over ink and stone — the gothic palette in pigment.
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10 palettes
Art Nouveau Color Palettes
Mucha's botanical pastels, Klimt's gold leaf — the curve-forward aesthetic of 1900.
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23 palettes
Victorian Color Palettes
Heavy burgundy, brass, parlor green — the layered confidence of late-1800s interiors.
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7 palettes
Vaporwave Color Palettes
Synth pink, cyber lavender, glitch teal — 2010s digital melancholia in pigment.
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6 palettes
Coquette Color Palettes
Pale rose, cream, and powder blue — the ribbon-soft palette of the coquette aesthetic.
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