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Pyrite Yellow & Peach Red +2

Plate 250 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Pyrite Yellow, Peach Red, Sea Green, Nile Blue.

Pyrite Yellow

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Peach Red

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Sea Green

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Nile Blue

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About this combination

Combination 250 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Pyrite Yellow, Peach Red, Sea Green, Nile 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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