Showa era · refined · warm

Red Orange & Orange Yellow +1

Plate 164 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Red Orange, Orange Yellow, Violet.

Red Orange

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Orange Yellow

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Violet

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About this combination

Combination 164 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Red Orange, Orange Yellow, Violet, 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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