Showa era · refined · warm

Pomegranite Purple & Ochraceous Salmon +1

Plate 220 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Pomegranite Purple, Ochraceous Salmon, Aconite Violet.

Pomegranite Purple

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Ochraceous Salmon

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Aconite Violet

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About this combination

Combination 220 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Pomegranite Purple, Ochraceous Salmon, Aconite 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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