Showa era · refined · warm · bold

Eugenia Red | B & Raw Sienna +2

Plate 252 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Eugenia Red | B, Raw Sienna, Sulphine Yellow, Green Blue.

Eugenia Red | B

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Raw Sienna

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Sulphine Yellow

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Green Blue

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About this combination

Combination 252 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Eugenia Red | B, Raw Sienna, Sulphine Yellow, Green 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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