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Eugenia Red | A & Apricot Yellow +2

Plate 284 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Eugenia Red | A, Apricot Yellow, Sea Green, Dusky Green.

Eugenia Red | A

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Apricot Yellow

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Sea Green

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Dusky Green

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About this combination

Combination 284 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Eugenia Red | A, Apricot Yellow, Sea Green, Dusky 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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