Showa era · refined · warm · bold

Naples Yellow & Peach Red +2

Plate 303 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Naples Yellow, Peach Red, Deep Slate Olive, Neutral Gray.

Naples Yellow

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Peach Red

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Deep Slate Olive

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Neutral Gray

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About this combination

Combination 303 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Naples Yellow, Peach Red, Deep Slate Olive, Neutral Gray, 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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