Showa era · refined · warm · bold

Pomegranite Purple & Cobalt Green +2

Plate 271 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Pomegranite Purple, Cobalt Green, Green Blue, Deep Slate Green.

Pomegranite Purple

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Cobalt Green

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Green Blue

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Deep Slate Green

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About this combination

Combination 271 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Pomegranite Purple, Cobalt Green, Green Blue, Deep Slate Green, 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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