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Grenadine Pink & Cossack Green +2

Plate 341 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Grenadine Pink, Cossack Green, Deep Slate Olive, Light Glaucous Blue.

Grenadine Pink

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Cossack Green

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Deep Slate Olive

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Light Glaucous Blue

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About this combination

Combination 341 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Grenadine Pink, Cossack Green, Deep Slate Olive, Light Glaucous 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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