Showa era · refined · warm · bold

Pompeian Red & Cream Yellow +2

Plate 311 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Pompeian Red, Cream Yellow, Dark Greenish Glaucous, Light Green Yellow.

Pompeian Red

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Cream Yellow

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Dark Greenish Glaucous

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Light Green Yellow

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About this combination

Combination 311 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Pompeian Red, Cream Yellow, Dark Greenish Glaucous, Light Green Yellow, 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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