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Turquoise Green & Cobalt Green +1

Plate 202 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Turquoise Green, Cobalt Green, Slate Color.

Turquoise Green

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Cobalt Green

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Slate Color

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About this combination

Combination 202 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Turquoise Green, Cobalt Green, Slate Color, 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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