Showa era · refined · warm · bold

Light Brown Drab & Vinaceous Tawny +2

Plate 244 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Light Brown Drab, Vinaceous Tawny, Andover Green, Antwarp Blue.

Light Brown Drab

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Vinaceous Tawny

#c56127

Andover Green

#6d7e77

Antwarp Blue

#007190

About this combination

Combination 244 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Light Brown Drab, Vinaceous Tawny, Andover Green, Antwarp 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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