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Lemon Yellow & Light Green Yellow +2

Plate 289 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Lemon Yellow, Light Green Yellow, Violet Blue, Dull Violet Black.

Lemon Yellow

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Light Green Yellow

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Violet Blue

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Dull Violet Black

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About this combination

Combination 289 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Lemon Yellow, Light Green Yellow, Violet Blue, Dull Violet 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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