Showa era · refined · warm · austere

Golden Yellow & Pale Raw Umber

Plate 26 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Golden Yellow, Pale Raw Umber.

Golden Yellow

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Pale Raw Umber

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About this combination

Combination 26 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Golden Yellow, Pale Raw Umber, 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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