Showa era · solemn · warm · bold

Yellow Orange & Sepia +2

Plate 288 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Yellow Orange, Sepia, Taupe Brown, Black.

Yellow Orange

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Sepia

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Taupe Brown

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Black

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About this combination

Combination 288 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Yellow Orange, Sepia, Taupe Brown, Black, 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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