Showa era · serene · warm

Hermosa Pink & Seashell Pink +1

Plate 176 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Hermosa Pink, Seashell Pink, Calamine BLue.

Hermosa Pink

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Seashell Pink

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Calamine BLue

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About this combination

Combination 176 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Hermosa Pink, Seashell Pink, Calamine BLue, 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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