Showa era · refined · warm

Carmine Red & Buffy Citrine +1

Plate 233 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Carmine Red, Buffy Citrine, Violet Blue.

Carmine Red

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Buffy Citrine

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Violet Blue

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About this combination

Combination 233 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Carmine Red, Buffy Citrine, Violet 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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