Sanzo Wada
A Dictionary of Color Combinations, 1933–1934
348 color combinations built from 159 named colors, selected from the color dictionary the Japanese artist and color researcher Sanzo Wada began publishing in 1933.
All 348 combinations
348 combinations
Combination 1
2 colorsEnglish Red and Cerulian Blue
Combination 2
2 colorsYellow Orange and Dark Tyrian Blue
Combination 3
2 colorsRaw Sienna and Pale Lemon Yellow
Combination 4
2 colorsIsabella Color and Red Violet
Combination 5
2 colorsCossack Green and Vandar Poel's Blue
Combination 6
2 colorsGrenadine Pink and Deep Indigo
Combination 7
2 colorsOrange and Glaucous Green
Combination 8
2 colorsCinnamon Rufous and Grayish Lavender - A
Combination 9
2 colorsViolet Red and Dull Blue Violet
Combination 10
2 colorsCinnamon Rufous and Dark Citrine
Combination 11
2 colorsIvory Buff and Mineral Gray
Combination 12
2 colorsIsabella Color and Green Blue
Combination 13
2 colorsRaw Sienna and Veronia Purple
Combination 14
2 colorsSpinel Red and Naples Yellow
Combination 15
2 colorsBenzol Green and Grayish Lavender - A
Combination 16
2 colorsVandyke Red and Pale King's Blue
Combination 17
2 colorsEugenia Red | B and Sea Green
Combination 18
2 colorsFawn and Dusky Madder Violet
Combination 19
2 colorsMars Brown Tobacco and Night Green
Combination 20
2 colorsCalamine BLue and Laelia Pink
Combination 21
2 colorsGrenadine Pink and Sea Green
Combination 22
2 colorsYellow and Deep Lyons Blue
Combination 23
2 colorsCinnamon Buff and Light Mauve
Combination 24
2 colorsSepia and Veronia Purple
Combination 25
2 colorsEtruscan Red and Nile Blue
Combination 26
2 colorsGolden Yellow and Pale Raw Umber
Combination 27
2 colorsCorinthian Pink and Slate Color
Combination 28
2 colorsMadder Brown and Deep Indigo
Combination 29
2 colorsKrongbergs Green and Salvia Blue
Combination 30
2 colorsPompeian Red and Mineral Gray
Combination 31
2 colorsRed Orange and Pale Lemon Yellow
Combination 32
2 colorsOchraceous Salmon and Night Green
Combination 33
2 colorsRaw Sienna and Slate Color
Combination 34
2 colorsEosine Pink and Neutral Gray
Combination 35
2 colorsLight Brown Drab and Carmine Red
Combination 36
2 colorsSulphine Yellow and Turquoise Green
Combination 37
2 colorsBrick Red and Red Violet
Combination 38
2 colorsDiamine Green and Deep Lyons Blue
Combination 39
2 colorsCarmine and Helvetia Blue
Combination 40
2 colorsVinaceous Tawny and Citron Yellow
Combination 41
2 colorsDark Citrine and Calamine BLue
Combination 42
2 colorsYellow Ocher and Violet
Combination 43
2 colorsCorinthian Pink and Aconite Violet
Combination 44
2 colorsLight Porcelain Green and Olympic Blue
Combination 45
2 colorsSeashell Pink and Lemon Yellow
Combination 46
2 colorsOrange and Black
Combination 47
2 colorsEtruscan Red and Grayish Lavender - B
Combination 48
2 colorsRosolanc Purple and Helvetia Blue
Combination 49
2 colorsPale King's Blue and Blue
Combination 50
2 colorsIvory Buff and Dusky Madder Violet
Combination 51
2 colorsCarmine Red and Blue
Combination 52
2 colorsSulpher Yellow and Black
Combination 53
2 colorsYellow Orange and Dusky Madder Violet
Combination 54
2 colorsBenzol Green and Light Glaucous Blue
Combination 55
2 colorsOld Rose and White
Combination 56
2 colorsGrayish Lavender - B and Violet
Combination 57
2 colorsTaupe Brown and Slate Color
Combination 58
2 colorsHay's Russet and Sea Green
Combination 59
2 colorsEosine Pink and Citrine
Combination 60
2 colorsPale Lemon Yellow and Dark Tyrian Blue
Combination 61
2 colorsLight Green Yellow and Cotinga Purple
Combination 62
2 colorsYellow and Black
Combination 63
2 colorsVistoris Lake and Cerulian Blue
Combination 64
2 colorsAconite Violet and Dark Soft Violet
Combination 65
2 colorsSulphine Yellow and Calamine BLue
Combination 66
2 colorsOlive Ocher and Olive Green
Combination 67
2 colorsOlympic Blue and Dark Tyrian Blue
Combination 68
2 colorsLight Brown Drab and Yellow
Combination 69
2 colorsWarm Gray and Black
Combination 70
2 colorsRaw Sienna and Lincoln Green
Combination 71
2 colorsPompeian Red and Ochraceous Salmon
Combination 72
2 colorsSulpher Yellow and Pale King's Blue
Combination 73
2 colorsPale Raw Umber and Rainette Green
Combination 74
2 colorsTurquoise Green and Green Blue
Combination 75
2 colorsPale King's Blue and Violet Blue
Combination 76
2 colorsPale Lemon Yellow and Warm Gray
Combination 77
2 colorsEugenia Red | B and Vandar Poel's Blue
Combination 78
2 colorsPinkish Cinnamon and Venice Green
Combination 79
2 colorsMadder Brown and Green Blue
Combination 80
2 colorsSulpher Yellow and Light Mauve
Combination 81
2 colorsGolden Yellow and Warm Gray
Combination 82
2 colorsHay's Russet and Dusky Madder Violet
Combination 83
2 colorsOlive Buff and Violet Blue
Combination 84
2 colorsSeashell Pink and Deep Slate Green
Combination 85
2 colorsVinaceous Tawny and Antwarp Blue
Combination 86
2 colorsRaw Sienna and Sea Green
Combination 87
2 colorsCorinthian Pink and Citron Yellow
Combination 88
2 colorsSeashell Pink and Blue
Combination 89
2 colorsYellow Orange and Violet Blue
Combination 90
2 colorsEosine Pink and Aconite Violet
Combination 91
2 colorsVistoris Lake and Orange Rufous
Combination 92
2 colorsCoral Red and Benzol Green
Combination 93
2 colorsCitrine and Light Glaucous Blue
Combination 94
2 colorsIvory Buff and Dusky Green
Combination 95
2 colorsHay's Russet and Dull Violet Black
Combination 96
2 colorsYellow Ocher and Olive
Combination 97
2 colorsCorinthian Pink and Etruscan Red
Combination 98
2 colorsMadder Brown and Violet Blue
Combination 99
2 colorsPale Lemon Yellow and Cerulian Blue
Combination 100
2 colorsBuffy Citrine and Dull Blue Violet
Combination 101
2 colorsCameo Pink and Deep Lyons Blue
Combination 102
2 colorsIvory Buff and Orange Rufous
Combination 103
2 colorsCinnamon Rufous and Dusky Madder Violet
Combination 104
2 colorsCarmine Red and Sulpher Yellow
Combination 105
2 colorsCameo Pink and Chromium Green
Combination 106
2 colorsAntwarp Blue and Dull Violet Black
Combination 107
2 colorsApricot Yellow and Light Grayish Olive
Combination 108
2 colorsEosine Pink and Brick Red
Combination 109
2 colorsPale Lemon Yellow and Blackish Olive
Combination 110
2 colorsBrown and Vandyke Brown
Combination 111
2 colorsPale Lemon Yellow and Yellow Green
Combination 112
2 colorsGrenadine Pink and Black
Combination 113
2 colorsSeashell Pink and Vandyke Brown
Combination 114
2 colorsOrange Yellow and Antwarp Blue
Combination 115
2 colorsNaples Yellow and Peach Red
Combination 116
2 colorsCameo Pink and Blue Violet
Combination 117
2 colorsCarmine and Black
Combination 118
2 colorsYellow Ocher and Vandyke Brown
Combination 119
2 colorsLight Glaucous Blue and Dark Tyrian Blue
Combination 120
2 colorsCameo Pink and Pompeian Red
Combination 121
3 colorsBrown, Ochraceous Salmon and Lincoln Green
Combination 122
3 colorsCarmine, Cream Yellow and Benzol Green
Combination 123
3 colorsCoral Red, Lemon Yellow and Taupe Brown
Combination 124
3 colorsPale Burnt Lake, Yellow Ocher and Olive Yellow
Combination 125
3 colorsFawn, Cerulian Blue and Violet Blue
Combination 126
3 colorsIvory Buff, Yellow Ocher and Deep Lyons Blue
Combination 127
3 colorsCinnamon Buff, Pistachio Green and Dark Soft Violet
Combination 128
3 colorsCorinthian Pink, Venice Green and Light Mauve
Combination 129
3 colorsApricot Yellow, Khaki and Salvia Blue
Combination 130
3 colorsRaw Sienna, Carmine Red and Violet
Combination 131
3 colorsRaw Sienna, English Red and Peacock Blue
Combination 132
3 colorsSulpher Yellow, Golden Yellow and Citrine
Combination 133
3 colorsVandyke Red, Citrine and Sea Green
Combination 134
3 colorsEosine Pink, Light Mauve and Red Violet
Combination 135
3 colorsSulpher Yellow, Cossack Green and Salvia Blue
Combination 136
3 colorsScarlet, Dull Viridian Green and Red Violet
Combination 137
3 colorsEtruscan Red, Cinnamon Buff and Pistachio Green
Combination 138
3 colorsGolden Yellow, Lemon Yellow and Venice Green
Combination 139
3 colorsSalvia Blue, Deep Indigo and Neutral Gray
Combination 140
3 colorsGolden Yellow, Antwarp Blue and Slate Color
Combination 141
3 colorsOrange, Yellow Green and Dark Tyrian Blue
Combination 142
3 colorsHydrangea Red, Sulphine Yellow and Salvia Blue
Combination 143
3 colorsBlue, Lilac and Warm Gray
Combination 144
3 colorsRosolanc Purple, Orange and Black
Combination 145
3 colorsBrown, Citron Yellow and Dull Violet Black
Combination 146
3 colorsKhaki, Deep Grayish Olive and Diamine Green
Combination 147
3 colorsSpinel Red, Vandyke Red and Turquoise Green
Combination 148
3 colorsOlive Ocher, Orange Yellow and Cerulian Blue
Combination 149
3 colorsOlive Ocher, Orange and Deep Slate Green
Combination 150
3 colorsSeashell Pink, Citron Yellow and Glaucous Green
Combination 151
3 colorsSulpher Yellow, Yellow Orange and Vandar Poel's Blue
Combination 152
3 colorsEtruscan Red, Hay's Russet and Light Glaucous Blue
Combination 153
3 colorsEosine Pink, Orange Yellow and Citron Yellow
Combination 154
3 colorsCarmine, Yellow and Blue
Combination 155
3 colorsJasper Red, Benzol Green and Deep Indigo
Combination 156
3 colorsOlive Ocher, Cobalt Green and Violet
Combination 157
3 colorsPansy Purple, Olive Ocher and Olympic Blue
Combination 158
3 colorsLemon Yellow, Cinnamon Rufous and Night Green
Combination 159
3 colorsKhaki, Calamine BLue and Grayish Lavender - A
Combination 160
3 colorsSulphine Yellow, Pale Raw Umber and Dark Medici Blue
Combination 161
3 colorsBrown, Pinkish Cinnamon and Helvetia Blue
Combination 162
3 colorsOld Rose, Rainette Green and Lilac
Combination 163
3 colorsApricot Yellow, Turquoise Green and Antwarp Blue
Combination 164
3 colorsRed Orange, Orange Yellow and Violet
Combination 165
3 colorsCameo Pink, Spinel Red and Vistoris Lake
Combination 166
3 colorsGrenadine Pink, Naples Yellow and Deep Slate Green
Combination 167
3 colorsEcru, Pale King's Blue and Vandar Poel's Blue
Combination 168
3 colorsLemon Yellow, Vandar Poel's Blue and Veronia Purple
Combination 169
3 colorsCorinthian Pink, Pale Lemon Yellow and Warm Gray
Combination 170
3 colorsRosolanc Purple, Orange Yellow and Red Violet
Combination 171
3 colorsPale Burnt Lake, Yellow Orange and Glaucous Green
Combination 172
3 colorsCinnamon Rufous, Antwarp Blue and Red Violet
Combination 173
3 colorsLemon Yellow, Madder Brown and Turquoise Green
Combination 174
3 colorsCorinthian Pink, Grayish Lavender - B and Taupe Brown
Combination 175
3 colorsPinkish Cinnamon, Olive Buff and Blue Violet
Combination 176
3 colorsHermosa Pink, Seashell Pink and Calamine BLue
Combination 177
3 colorsPale Burnt Lake, Buffy Citrine and Grayish Lavender - A
Combination 178
3 colorsIvory Buff, Light Glaucous Blue and Green Blue
Combination 179
3 colorsRed Orange, Golden Yellow and Deep Lyons Blue
Combination 180
3 colorsCinnamon Buff, Light Mauve and Neutral Gray
Combination 181
3 colorsCarmine Red, Violet and Cotinga Purple
Combination 182
3 colorsRaw Sienna, Vandyke Brown and Deep Indigo
Combination 183
3 colorsDeep Violet / Plumbeous, Veronia Purple and Red Violet
Combination 184
3 colorsSpinel Red, Ivory Buff and Light Grayish Olive
Combination 185
3 colorsLight Brown Drab, Etruscan Red and Pale Lemon Yellow
Combination 186
3 colorsHay's Russet, Ochraceous Salmon and Blue
Combination 187
3 colorsHelvetia Blue, Grayish Lavender - B and Aconite Violet
Combination 188
3 colorsRainette Green, Salvia Blue and Cobalt Green
Combination 189
3 colorsLemon Yellow, Deep Slate Olive and Venice Green
Combination 190
3 colorsIvory Buff, English Red and Black
Combination 191
3 colorsLight Brown Drab, Yellow Ocher and Blue
Combination 192
3 colorsCream Yellow, Vandyke Brown and Deep Violet / Plumbeous
Combination 193
3 colorsGrenadine Pink, Naples Yellow and Light Porcelain Green
Combination 194
3 colorsJasper Red, Seashell Pink and Olympic Blue
Combination 195
3 colorsSpinel Red, Pale Lemon Yellow and Neutral Gray
Combination 196
3 colorsCitron Yellow, Pale King's Blue and Blue Violet
Combination 197
3 colorsEosine Pink, Dark Soft Violet and Neutral Gray
Combination 198
3 colorsBurnt Sienna, Apricot Yellow and Green
Combination 199
3 colorsOchre Red, Light Brownish Olive and Deep Lyons Blue
Combination 200
3 colorsCarmine Red, Olive Buff and Chromium Green
Combination 201
3 colorsGrenadine Pink, Olive and Cobalt Green
Combination 202
3 colorsTurquoise Green, Cobalt Green and Slate Color
Combination 203
3 colorsPale Lemon Yellow, Vinaceous Cinnamon and Lincoln Green
Combination 204
3 colorsRosolanc Purple, Cinnamon Rufous and Light Glaucous Blue
Combination 205
3 colorsPale Burnt Lake, Vinaceous Cinnamon and Violet
Combination 206
3 colorsCorinthian Pink, Golden Yellow and Cinnamon Rufous
Combination 207
3 colorsSudan Brown, Glaucous Green and Black
Combination 208
3 colorsSulpher Yellow, Green Blue and Antwarp Blue
Combination 209
3 colorsIvory Buff, Yellow Orange and Salvia Blue
Combination 210
3 colorsCinnamon Buff, Lemon Yellow and Lincoln Green
Combination 211
3 colorsApricot Orange, Olive Yellow and Deep Indigo
Combination 212
3 colorsPompeian Red, Orange Citrine and Salvia Blue
Combination 213
3 colorsVinaceous Cinnamon, Apricot Yellow and Pale King's Blue
Combination 214
3 colorsIvory Buff, Sudan Brown and Violet
Combination 215
3 colorsCream Yellow, Blue and Eupatorium Purple
Combination 216
3 colorsJasper Red, Green and Black
Combination 217
3 colorsPale Burnt Lake, Ochraceous Salmon and Diamine Green
Combination 218
3 colorsHelvetia Blue, Grayish Lavender - A and Deep Violet / Plumbeous
Combination 219
3 colorsJasper Red, Chromium Green and Dusky Green
Combination 220
3 colorsPomegranite Purple, Ochraceous Salmon and Aconite Violet
Combination 221
3 colorsCarmine Red, Neutral Gray and Black
Combination 222
3 colorsYellow Ocher, Yellow Orange and Orange Rufous
Combination 223
3 colorsLight Brown Drab, Ochraceous Salmon and Turquoise Green
Combination 224
3 colorsSpinel Red, Dark Medici Blue and Taupe Brown
Combination 225
3 colorsCarmine, Dusky Green and Dark Slate Purple
Combination 226
3 colorsVistoris Lake, Cream Yellow and Violet
Combination 227
3 colorsHermosa Pink, Light Glaucous Blue and Cerulian Blue
Combination 228
3 colorsCarmine Red, Pale Lemon Yellow and Neutral Gray
Combination 229
3 colorsGolden Yellow, Deep Slate Olive and Neutral Gray
Combination 230
3 colorsGrenadine Pink, Turquoise Green and Cobalt Green
Combination 231
3 colorsCameo Pink, Hay's Russet and Olympic Blue
Combination 232
3 colorsCarmine, Pinkish Cinnamon and Deep Indigo
Combination 233
3 colorsCarmine Red, Buffy Citrine and Violet Blue
Combination 234
3 colorsCinnamon Buff, Pale Raw Umber and Pale King's Blue
Combination 235
3 colorsIvory Buff, Yellow Orange and Grayish Lavender - B
Combination 236
3 colorsKhaki, Deep Lyons Blue and Purple Drab
Combination 237
3 colorsCarmine Red, Madder Brown and Salvia Blue
Combination 238
3 colorsOchraceous Salmon, Cotinga Purple and Warm Gray
Combination 239
3 colorsLight Brown Drab, Pyrite Yellow and Glaucous Green
Combination 240
3 colorsFresh Color, Yellow and Cerulian Blue
Combination 241
4 colorsRed Orange, Pale Lemon Yellow, Isabella Color and Dark Medici Blue
Combination 242
4 colorsEosine Pink, Burnt Sienna, Diamine Green and Black
Combination 243
4 colorsRaw Sienna, Ivory Buff, Olive Green and Slate Color
Combination 244
4 colorsLight Brown Drab, Vinaceous Tawny, Andover Green and Antwarp Blue
Combination 245
4 colorsCarmine Red, Oil Green, Dark Tyrian Blue and Slate Color
Combination 246
4 colorsCorinthian Pink, Brick Red, Sulpher Yellow and Cinnamon Buff
Combination 247
4 colorsRaw Sienna, Apricot Yellow, Benzol Green and Deep Lyons Blue
Combination 248
4 colorsEosine Pink, Khaki, Grayish Lavender - A and Dark Slate Purple
Combination 249
4 colorsHay's Russet, Ecru, Olive Ocher and Dark Medici Blue
Combination 250
4 colorsPyrite Yellow, Peach Red, Sea Green and Nile Blue
Combination 251
4 colorsRed, Yellow, Diamine Green and Slate Color
Combination 252
4 colorsEugenia Red | B, Raw Sienna, Sulphine Yellow and Green Blue
Combination 253
4 colorsLemon Yellow, Apricot Orange, Cotinga Purple and Slate Color
Combination 254
4 colorsCorinthian Pink, Sulpher Yellow, Olive and Laelia Pink
Combination 255
4 colorsRaw Sienna, Pyrite Yellow, Calamine BLue and Black
Combination 256
4 colorsVinaceous Cinnamon, Orange, Dull Viridian Green and Black
Combination 257
4 colorsSpectrum Red, Orange Yellow, Blue and Aconite Violet
Combination 258
4 colorsPale Burnt Lake, Pinkish Cinnamon, Olive and Antwarp Blue
Combination 259
4 colorsLemon Yellow, Green Blue, Helvetia Blue and Warm Gray
Combination 260
4 colorsOld Rose, Vinaceous Cinnamon, Glaucous Green and Sea Green
Combination 261
4 colorsRed, Pale Lemon Yellow, Calamine BLue and Warm Gray
Combination 262
4 colorsEugenia Red | B, Ivory Buff, Citrine and Cossack Green
Combination 263
4 colorsBurnt Sienna, Pinkish Cinnamon, Turquoise Green and Slate Color
Combination 264
4 colorsCorinthian Pink, Red Orange, Dark Greenish Glaucous and Cerulian Blue
Combination 265
4 colorsOld Rose, Apricot Yellow, Olive Yellow and Dull Violet Black
Combination 266
4 colorsSpectrum Red, Ivory Buff, Rainette Green and Benzol Green
Combination 267
4 colorsCream Yellow, Yellow Orange, Benzol Green and Blue
Combination 268
4 colorsLight Brown Drab, Raw Sienna, Deep Slate Olive and Nile Blue
Combination 269
4 colorsRaw Sienna, Pale Burnt Lake, Aconite Violet and Black
Combination 270
4 colorsEugenia Red | B, Sulpher Yellow, Olive Green and Cossack Green
Combination 271
4 colorsPomegranite Purple, Cobalt Green, Green Blue and Deep Slate Green
Combination 272
4 colorsPale Lemon Yellow, Orange, Turquoise Green and Salvia Blue
Combination 273
4 colorsHermosa Pink, Pansy Purple, Sudan Brown and Neutral Gray
Combination 274
4 colorsPeach Red, Dark Citrine, Olympic Blue and Light Mauve
Combination 275
4 colorsEtruscan Red, Ecru, Madder Brown and Taupe Brown
Combination 276
4 colorsEosine Pink, Seashell Pink, Yellow Green and Black
Combination 277
4 colorsSpinel Red, Rosolanc Purple, Olive and Dull Violet Black
Combination 278
4 colorsCream Yellow, Olive Ocher, Cossack Green and Dusky Green
Combination 279
4 colorsRaw Sienna, Vinaceous Cinnamon, Ecru and Dark Tyrian Blue
Combination 280
4 colorsEugenia Red | B, Lincoln Green, Laelia Pink and Taupe Brown
Combination 281
4 colorsPale Lemon Yellow, Benzol Green, Cobalt Green and Antwarp Blue
Combination 282
4 colorsEugenia Red | B, Maple, Cobalt Green and Lilac
Combination 283
4 colorsOchre Red, Pale Burnt Lake, Chromium Green and Venice Green
Combination 284
4 colorsEugenia Red | A, Apricot Yellow, Sea Green and Dusky Green
Combination 285
4 colorsLight Brown Drab, Burnt Sienna, Peach Red and Turquoise Green
Combination 286
4 colorsBurnt Sienna, Orange Yellow, Peacock Blue and Violet Blue
Combination 287
4 colorsEosine Pink, Pyrite Yellow, Pale King's Blue and Calamine BLue
Combination 288
4 colorsYellow Orange, Sepia, Taupe Brown and Black
Combination 289
4 colorsLemon Yellow, Light Green Yellow, Violet Blue and Dull Violet Black
Combination 290
4 colorsVistoris Lake, Pale Lemon Yellow, Lincoln Green and Cobalt Green
Combination 291
4 colorsLight Green Yellow, Sea Green, Cobalt Green and Calamine BLue
Combination 292
4 colorsPale Lemon Yellow, Pinkish Cinnamon, Isabella Color and Ecru
Combination 293
4 colorsRaw Sienna, Turquoise Green, Artemesia Green and Green
Combination 294
4 colorsSulpher Yellow, Cream Yellow, Cossack Green and Salvia Blue
Combination 295
4 colorsCream Yellow, Yellow, Blue and Dull Violet Black
Combination 296
4 colorsSulpher Yellow, Ochraceous Salmon, Pale Raw Umber and Slate Color
Combination 297
4 colorsBurnt Sienna, Yellow Orange, Olive Green and Violet Blue
Combination 298
4 colorsRaw Sienna, Lemon Yellow, Peach Red and Black
Combination 299
4 colorsIndian Lake, Vinaceous Cinnamon, Oil Green and Antwarp Blue
Combination 300
4 colorsGrenadine Pink, Cream Yellow, Turquoise Green and Calamine BLue
Combination 301
4 colorsSpectrum Red, Ivory Buff, Rainette Green and Aconite Violet
Combination 302
4 colorsCream Yellow, Ecru, Nile Blue and Antwarp Blue
Combination 303
4 colorsNaples Yellow, Peach Red, Deep Slate Olive and Neutral Gray
Combination 304
4 colorsHay's Russet, Cream Yellow, Dark Citrine and Benzol Green
Combination 305
4 colorsPinkish Cinnamon, Apricot Yellow, Citron Yellow and Turquoise Green
Combination 306
4 colorsLemon Yellow, Benzol Green, Dull Viridian Green and Nile Blue
Combination 307
4 colorsCarmine, Grayish Lavender - A, Aconite Violet and Cotinga Purple
Combination 308
4 colorsFawn, Scarlet, English Red and Cobalt Green
Combination 309
4 colorsGolden Yellow, Apricot Orange, Violet Blue and Vandar Poel's Blue
Combination 310
4 colorsSulpher Yellow, Pinkish Cinnamon, Olive and Deep Slate Olive
Combination 311
4 colorsPompeian Red, Cream Yellow, Dark Greenish Glaucous and Light Green Yellow
Combination 312
4 colorsBurnt Sienna, Yellow Orange, Artemesia Green and Helvetia Blue
Combination 313
4 colorsCarmine, Yellow, Diamine Green and Black
Combination 314
4 colorsEosine Pink, Hay's Russet, Deep Lyons Blue and Dusky Madder Violet
Combination 315
4 colorsGrenadine Pink, Sulpher Yellow, Golden Yellow and Eupatorium Purple
Combination 316
4 colorsVandyke Red, Dull Viridian Green, Violet and Red Violet
Combination 317
4 colorsLight Pinkish Cinnamon, Ecru, Lemon Yellow and Turquoise Green
Combination 318
4 colorsLight Brownish Olive, Blackish Olive, Dusky Green and Deep Slate Green
Combination 319
4 colorsRaw Sienna, Apricot Yellow, Yellow Orange and Cossack Green
Combination 320
4 colorsCoral Red, Sulpher Yellow, Oil Green and Light Glaucous Blue
Combination 321
4 colorsLight Brown Drab, Sulpher Yellow, Deep Slate Olive and Salvia Blue
Combination 322
4 colorsSpectrum Red, Brick Red, Eupatorium Purple and Blue Violet
Combination 323
4 colorsCinnamon Buff, Citron Yellow, Madder Brown and Black
Combination 324
4 colorsPompeian Red, Olympic Blue, Aconite Violet and Neutral Gray
Combination 325
4 colorsEugenia Red | B, Naples Yellow, Yellow Ocher and Deep Slate Green
Combination 326
4 colorsSulpher Yellow, Peach Red, Yellow Green and Night Green
Combination 327
4 colorsEosine Pink, Raw Sienna, Ecru and Grayish Lavender - B
Combination 328
4 colorsBrick Red, Apricot Orange, Vandyke Brown and Light Porcelain Green
Combination 329
4 colorsCream Yellow, Grayish Lavender - B, Cotinga Purple and Slate Color
Combination 330
4 colorsOlive Buff, Nile Blue, Salvia Blue and Green Blue
Combination 331
4 colorsIndian Lake, Dull Violet Black, Light Mauve and Violet
Combination 332
4 colorsCoral Red, Scarlet, Deep Slate Olive and Dusky Green
Combination 333
4 colorsBurnt Sienna, Lemon Yellow, Cobalt Green and Blue
Combination 334
4 colorsSeashell Pink, Olive, Yellow Green and Antwarp Blue
Combination 335
4 colorsVandyke Red, Yellow Orange, Violet and Slate Color
Combination 336
4 colorsEosine Pink, Hay's Russet, Pale Lemon Yellow and Blackish Olive
Combination 337
4 colorsVistoris Lake, Laelia Pink, Violet Carmine and Black
Combination 338
4 colorsCarmine Red, Orange Yellow, Dusky Green and Grayish Lavender - B
Combination 339
4 colorsOchraceous Salmon, English Red, Light Glaucous Blue and Violet Blue
Combination 340
4 colorsPeach Red, Sea Green, Neutral Gray and Black
Combination 341
4 colorsGrenadine Pink, Cossack Green, Deep Slate Olive and Light Glaucous Blue
Combination 342
4 colorsCorinthian Pink, Cream Yellow, Orange Citrine and Deep Slate Olive
Combination 343
4 colorsBurnt Sienna, Ivory Buff, Deep Grayish Olive and Vandar Poel's Blue
Combination 344
4 colorsCinnamon Buff, Deep Lyons Blue, Aconite Violet and Black
Combination 345
4 colorsHay's Russet, Nile Blue, Venice Green and Blue Violet
Combination 346
4 colorsRosolanc Purple, Turquoise Green, Light Green Yellow and Andover Green
Combination 347
4 colorsOlive Yellow, Sea Green, Helvetia Blue and Lilac
Combination 348
4 colorsOlive Buff, Cossack Green, Deep Slate Olive and Cotinga Purple
Use this color system
Sanzo Wada (1883–1967)
"Color is not just a visual phenomenon, but a language that speaks to the soul."
Sanzo Wada was a visionary artist, teacher, and costume designer who played a pivotal role in the development of modern color theory in Japan. During a time of rapid westernization in the early 20th century, Wada sought to preserve traditional Japanese color sensibilities while bridging them with Western concepts.
In 1927, he founded the Japan Standard Color Association, reorganized in 1945 as the Japan Color Research Institute (Nihon Shikisai Kenkyusho), dedicating decades to the study of color harmony. His work went beyond simple aesthetics; he believed color was integral to architecture, fashion, and daily life.
The dictionary
This website is a digital tribute to his magnum opus, originally published by Hakubisha as Haishoku Soukan, a series of fascicles that began appearing in 1933.
The original series held far more combinations than the 348 selected for the modern Seigensha reissue, ranging from subtle duos to complex multi-color palettes. Unlike rigid Western color theories of the time, Wada's combinations feel organic, experimental, and surprisingly modern, featuring unusual juxtapositions of desaturated earth tones with vibrant neon-like accents.
Legacy
Wada was also an Academy Award winner, receiving an Oscar for Best Costume Design for the 1954 film Gate of Hell. His influence persists today, inspiring graphic designers, fashion moguls, and interior decorators who continue to rediscover his timeless "Dictionary" nearly a century later.
Further reading
- A Dictionary of Color Combinations: The Original and Its Editions From Sanzo Wada's 1930s Haishoku Sōkan to the Seigensha paperbacks, and what the 348 combinations on this site come from
- From Print to Screen How Sanzo Wada's printed swatches became hex values, and how far to trust them
- Who Was Sanzo Wada? Painter, designer and color researcher, from a prize-winning canvas in 1907 to an Academy Award in 1955
- Sanzo Wada's Colors in Your Code How a 1930s color dictionary came to AI and web development