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Eugenia Red | B & Naples Yellow +2

Plate 325 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Eugenia Red | B, Naples Yellow, Yellow Ocher, Deep Slate Green.

Eugenia Red | B

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Naples Yellow

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Yellow Ocher

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Deep Slate Green

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About this combination

Combination 325 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Eugenia Red | B, Naples Yellow, Yellow Ocher, Deep Slate 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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