Showa era · refined · warm · bold

Burnt Sienna & Ivory Buff +2

Plate 343 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Burnt Sienna, Ivory Buff, Deep Grayish Olive, Vandar Poel's Blue.

Burnt Sienna

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Ivory Buff

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Deep Grayish Olive

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Vandar Poel's Blue

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About this combination

Combination 343 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Burnt Sienna, Ivory Buff, Deep Grayish Olive, Vandar Poel's 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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