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Ochraceous Salmon & English Red +2

Plate 339 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Ochraceous Salmon, English Red, Light Glaucous Blue, Violet Blue.

Ochraceous Salmon

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English Red

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Light Glaucous Blue

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Violet Blue

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About this combination

Combination 339 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Ochraceous Salmon, English Red, Light Glaucous Blue, Violet Blue, 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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