Showa era · refined · warm

Ochraceous Salmon & Cotinga Purple +1

Plate 238 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Ochraceous Salmon, Cotinga Purple, Warm Gray.

Ochraceous Salmon

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Cotinga Purple

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Warm Gray

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About this combination

Combination 238 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Ochraceous Salmon, Cotinga Purple, Warm Gray, 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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