Showa era · refined · warm

Coral Red & Lemon Yellow +1

Plate 123 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Coral Red, Lemon Yellow, Taupe Brown.

Coral Red

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Lemon Yellow

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Taupe Brown

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About this combination

Combination 123 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Coral Red, Lemon Yellow, Taupe Brown, 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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