Showa era · refined · warm

Vinaceous Cinnamon & Apricot Yellow +1

Plate 213 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Vinaceous Cinnamon, Apricot Yellow, Pale King's Blue.

Vinaceous Cinnamon

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Apricot Yellow

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Pale King's Blue

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About this combination

Combination 213 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Vinaceous Cinnamon, Apricot Yellow, Pale King's 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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