Showa era · refined · warm · austere

Carmine Red & Sulpher Yellow

Plate 104 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Carmine Red, Sulpher Yellow.

Carmine Red

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Sulpher Yellow

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About this combination

Combination 104 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Carmine Red, Sulpher Yellow, 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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