Color Systems

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

Colors per palette

348 combinations

Combination 1

2 colors

English Red and Cerulian Blue

Combination 2

2 colors

Yellow Orange and Dark Tyrian Blue

Combination 3

2 colors

Raw Sienna and Pale Lemon Yellow

Combination 4

2 colors

Isabella Color and Red Violet

Combination 5

2 colors

Cossack Green and Vandar Poel's Blue

Combination 6

2 colors

Grenadine Pink and Deep Indigo

Combination 7

2 colors

Orange and Glaucous Green

Combination 8

2 colors

Cinnamon Rufous and Grayish Lavender - A

Combination 9

2 colors

Violet Red and Dull Blue Violet

Combination 10

2 colors

Cinnamon Rufous and Dark Citrine

Combination 11

2 colors

Ivory Buff and Mineral Gray

Combination 12

2 colors

Isabella Color and Green Blue

Combination 13

2 colors

Raw Sienna and Veronia Purple

Combination 14

2 colors

Spinel Red and Naples Yellow

Combination 15

2 colors

Benzol Green and Grayish Lavender - A

Combination 16

2 colors

Vandyke Red and Pale King's Blue

Combination 17

2 colors

Eugenia Red | B and Sea Green

Combination 18

2 colors

Fawn and Dusky Madder Violet

Combination 19

2 colors

Mars Brown Tobacco and Night Green

Combination 20

2 colors

Calamine BLue and Laelia Pink

Combination 21

2 colors

Grenadine Pink and Sea Green

Combination 22

2 colors

Yellow and Deep Lyons Blue

Combination 23

2 colors

Cinnamon Buff and Light Mauve

Combination 24

2 colors

Sepia and Veronia Purple

Combination 25

2 colors

Etruscan Red and Nile Blue

Combination 26

2 colors

Golden Yellow and Pale Raw Umber

Combination 27

2 colors

Corinthian Pink and Slate Color

Combination 28

2 colors

Madder Brown and Deep Indigo

Combination 29

2 colors

Krongbergs Green and Salvia Blue

Combination 30

2 colors

Pompeian Red and Mineral Gray

Combination 31

2 colors

Red Orange and Pale Lemon Yellow

Combination 32

2 colors

Ochraceous Salmon and Night Green

Combination 33

2 colors

Raw Sienna and Slate Color

Combination 34

2 colors

Eosine Pink and Neutral Gray

Combination 35

2 colors

Light Brown Drab and Carmine Red

Combination 36

2 colors

Sulphine Yellow and Turquoise Green

Combination 37

2 colors

Brick Red and Red Violet

Combination 38

2 colors

Diamine Green and Deep Lyons Blue

Combination 39

2 colors

Carmine and Helvetia Blue

Combination 40

2 colors

Vinaceous Tawny and Citron Yellow

Combination 41

2 colors

Dark Citrine and Calamine BLue

Combination 42

2 colors

Yellow Ocher and Violet

Combination 43

2 colors

Corinthian Pink and Aconite Violet

Combination 44

2 colors

Light Porcelain Green and Olympic Blue

Combination 45

2 colors

Seashell Pink and Lemon Yellow

Combination 46

2 colors

Orange and Black

Combination 47

2 colors

Etruscan Red and Grayish Lavender - B

Combination 48

2 colors

Rosolanc Purple and Helvetia Blue

Combination 49

2 colors

Pale King's Blue and Blue

Combination 50

2 colors

Ivory Buff and Dusky Madder Violet

Combination 51

2 colors

Carmine Red and Blue

Combination 52

2 colors

Sulpher Yellow and Black

Combination 53

2 colors

Yellow Orange and Dusky Madder Violet

Combination 54

2 colors

Benzol Green and Light Glaucous Blue

Combination 55

2 colors

Old Rose and White

Combination 56

2 colors

Grayish Lavender - B and Violet

Combination 57

2 colors

Taupe Brown and Slate Color

Combination 58

2 colors

Hay's Russet and Sea Green

Combination 59

2 colors

Eosine Pink and Citrine

Combination 60

2 colors

Pale Lemon Yellow and Dark Tyrian Blue

Combination 61

2 colors

Light Green Yellow and Cotinga Purple

Combination 62

2 colors

Yellow and Black

Combination 63

2 colors

Vistoris Lake and Cerulian Blue

Combination 64

2 colors

Aconite Violet and Dark Soft Violet

Combination 65

2 colors

Sulphine Yellow and Calamine BLue

Combination 66

2 colors

Olive Ocher and Olive Green

Combination 67

2 colors

Olympic Blue and Dark Tyrian Blue

Combination 68

2 colors

Light Brown Drab and Yellow

Combination 69

2 colors

Warm Gray and Black

Combination 70

2 colors

Raw Sienna and Lincoln Green

Combination 71

2 colors

Pompeian Red and Ochraceous Salmon

Combination 72

2 colors

Sulpher Yellow and Pale King's Blue

Combination 73

2 colors

Pale Raw Umber and Rainette Green

Combination 74

2 colors

Turquoise Green and Green Blue

Combination 75

2 colors

Pale King's Blue and Violet Blue

Combination 76

2 colors

Pale Lemon Yellow and Warm Gray

Combination 77

2 colors

Eugenia Red | B and Vandar Poel's Blue

Combination 78

2 colors

Pinkish Cinnamon and Venice Green

Combination 79

2 colors

Madder Brown and Green Blue

Combination 80

2 colors

Sulpher Yellow and Light Mauve

Combination 81

2 colors

Golden Yellow and Warm Gray

Combination 82

2 colors

Hay's Russet and Dusky Madder Violet

Combination 83

2 colors

Olive Buff and Violet Blue

Combination 84

2 colors

Seashell Pink and Deep Slate Green

Combination 85

2 colors

Vinaceous Tawny and Antwarp Blue

Combination 86

2 colors

Raw Sienna and Sea Green

Combination 87

2 colors

Corinthian Pink and Citron Yellow

Combination 88

2 colors

Seashell Pink and Blue

Combination 89

2 colors

Yellow Orange and Violet Blue

Combination 90

2 colors

Eosine Pink and Aconite Violet

Combination 91

2 colors

Vistoris Lake and Orange Rufous

Combination 92

2 colors

Coral Red and Benzol Green

Combination 93

2 colors

Citrine and Light Glaucous Blue

Combination 94

2 colors

Ivory Buff and Dusky Green

Combination 95

2 colors

Hay's Russet and Dull Violet Black

Combination 96

2 colors

Yellow Ocher and Olive

Combination 97

2 colors

Corinthian Pink and Etruscan Red

Combination 98

2 colors

Madder Brown and Violet Blue

Combination 99

2 colors

Pale Lemon Yellow and Cerulian Blue

Combination 100

2 colors

Buffy Citrine and Dull Blue Violet

Combination 101

2 colors

Cameo Pink and Deep Lyons Blue

Combination 102

2 colors

Ivory Buff and Orange Rufous

Combination 103

2 colors

Cinnamon Rufous and Dusky Madder Violet

Combination 104

2 colors

Carmine Red and Sulpher Yellow

Combination 105

2 colors

Cameo Pink and Chromium Green

Combination 106

2 colors

Antwarp Blue and Dull Violet Black

Combination 107

2 colors

Apricot Yellow and Light Grayish Olive

Combination 108

2 colors

Eosine Pink and Brick Red

Combination 109

2 colors

Pale Lemon Yellow and Blackish Olive

Combination 110

2 colors

Brown and Vandyke Brown

Combination 111

2 colors

Pale Lemon Yellow and Yellow Green

Combination 112

2 colors

Grenadine Pink and Black

Combination 113

2 colors

Seashell Pink and Vandyke Brown

Combination 114

2 colors

Orange Yellow and Antwarp Blue

Combination 115

2 colors

Naples Yellow and Peach Red

Combination 116

2 colors

Cameo Pink and Blue Violet

Combination 117

2 colors

Carmine and Black

Combination 118

2 colors

Yellow Ocher and Vandyke Brown

Combination 119

2 colors

Light Glaucous Blue and Dark Tyrian Blue

Combination 120

2 colors

Cameo Pink and Pompeian Red

Combination 121

3 colors

Brown, Ochraceous Salmon and Lincoln Green

Combination 122

3 colors

Carmine, Cream Yellow and Benzol Green

Combination 123

3 colors

Coral Red, Lemon Yellow and Taupe Brown

Combination 124

3 colors

Pale Burnt Lake, Yellow Ocher and Olive Yellow

Combination 125

3 colors

Fawn, Cerulian Blue and Violet Blue

Combination 126

3 colors

Ivory Buff, Yellow Ocher and Deep Lyons Blue

Combination 127

3 colors

Cinnamon Buff, Pistachio Green and Dark Soft Violet

Combination 128

3 colors

Corinthian Pink, Venice Green and Light Mauve

Combination 129

3 colors

Apricot Yellow, Khaki and Salvia Blue

Combination 130

3 colors

Raw Sienna, Carmine Red and Violet

Combination 131

3 colors

Raw Sienna, English Red and Peacock Blue

Combination 132

3 colors

Sulpher Yellow, Golden Yellow and Citrine

Combination 133

3 colors

Vandyke Red, Citrine and Sea Green

Combination 134

3 colors

Eosine Pink, Light Mauve and Red Violet

Combination 135

3 colors

Sulpher Yellow, Cossack Green and Salvia Blue

Combination 136

3 colors

Scarlet, Dull Viridian Green and Red Violet

Combination 137

3 colors

Etruscan Red, Cinnamon Buff and Pistachio Green

Combination 138

3 colors

Golden Yellow, Lemon Yellow and Venice Green

Combination 139

3 colors

Salvia Blue, Deep Indigo and Neutral Gray

Combination 140

3 colors

Golden Yellow, Antwarp Blue and Slate Color

Combination 141

3 colors

Orange, Yellow Green and Dark Tyrian Blue

Combination 142

3 colors

Hydrangea Red, Sulphine Yellow and Salvia Blue

Combination 143

3 colors

Blue, Lilac and Warm Gray

Combination 144

3 colors

Rosolanc Purple, Orange and Black

Combination 145

3 colors

Brown, Citron Yellow and Dull Violet Black

Combination 146

3 colors

Khaki, Deep Grayish Olive and Diamine Green

Combination 147

3 colors

Spinel Red, Vandyke Red and Turquoise Green

Combination 148

3 colors

Olive Ocher, Orange Yellow and Cerulian Blue

Combination 149

3 colors

Olive Ocher, Orange and Deep Slate Green

Combination 150

3 colors

Seashell Pink, Citron Yellow and Glaucous Green

Combination 151

3 colors

Sulpher Yellow, Yellow Orange and Vandar Poel's Blue

Combination 152

3 colors

Etruscan Red, Hay's Russet and Light Glaucous Blue

Combination 153

3 colors

Eosine Pink, Orange Yellow and Citron Yellow

Combination 154

3 colors

Carmine, Yellow and Blue

Combination 155

3 colors

Jasper Red, Benzol Green and Deep Indigo

Combination 156

3 colors

Olive Ocher, Cobalt Green and Violet

Combination 157

3 colors

Pansy Purple, Olive Ocher and Olympic Blue

Combination 158

3 colors

Lemon Yellow, Cinnamon Rufous and Night Green

Combination 159

3 colors

Khaki, Calamine BLue and Grayish Lavender - A

Combination 160

3 colors

Sulphine Yellow, Pale Raw Umber and Dark Medici Blue

Combination 161

3 colors

Brown, Pinkish Cinnamon and Helvetia Blue

Combination 162

3 colors

Old Rose, Rainette Green and Lilac

Combination 163

3 colors

Apricot Yellow, Turquoise Green and Antwarp Blue

Combination 164

3 colors

Red Orange, Orange Yellow and Violet

Combination 165

3 colors

Cameo Pink, Spinel Red and Vistoris Lake

Combination 166

3 colors

Grenadine Pink, Naples Yellow and Deep Slate Green

Combination 167

3 colors

Ecru, Pale King's Blue and Vandar Poel's Blue

Combination 168

3 colors

Lemon Yellow, Vandar Poel's Blue and Veronia Purple

Combination 169

3 colors

Corinthian Pink, Pale Lemon Yellow and Warm Gray

Combination 170

3 colors

Rosolanc Purple, Orange Yellow and Red Violet

Combination 171

3 colors

Pale Burnt Lake, Yellow Orange and Glaucous Green

Combination 172

3 colors

Cinnamon Rufous, Antwarp Blue and Red Violet

Combination 173

3 colors

Lemon Yellow, Madder Brown and Turquoise Green

Combination 174

3 colors

Corinthian Pink, Grayish Lavender - B and Taupe Brown

Combination 175

3 colors

Pinkish Cinnamon, Olive Buff and Blue Violet

Combination 176

3 colors

Hermosa Pink, Seashell Pink and Calamine BLue

Combination 177

3 colors

Pale Burnt Lake, Buffy Citrine and Grayish Lavender - A

Combination 178

3 colors

Ivory Buff, Light Glaucous Blue and Green Blue

Combination 179

3 colors

Red Orange, Golden Yellow and Deep Lyons Blue

Combination 180

3 colors

Cinnamon Buff, Light Mauve and Neutral Gray

Combination 181

3 colors

Carmine Red, Violet and Cotinga Purple

Combination 182

3 colors

Raw Sienna, Vandyke Brown and Deep Indigo

Combination 183

3 colors

Deep Violet / Plumbeous, Veronia Purple and Red Violet

Combination 184

3 colors

Spinel Red, Ivory Buff and Light Grayish Olive

Combination 185

3 colors

Light Brown Drab, Etruscan Red and Pale Lemon Yellow

Combination 186

3 colors

Hay's Russet, Ochraceous Salmon and Blue

Combination 187

3 colors

Helvetia Blue, Grayish Lavender - B and Aconite Violet

Combination 188

3 colors

Rainette Green, Salvia Blue and Cobalt Green

Combination 189

3 colors

Lemon Yellow, Deep Slate Olive and Venice Green

Combination 190

3 colors

Ivory Buff, English Red and Black

Combination 191

3 colors

Light Brown Drab, Yellow Ocher and Blue

Combination 192

3 colors

Cream Yellow, Vandyke Brown and Deep Violet / Plumbeous

Combination 193

3 colors

Grenadine Pink, Naples Yellow and Light Porcelain Green

Combination 194

3 colors

Jasper Red, Seashell Pink and Olympic Blue

Combination 195

3 colors

Spinel Red, Pale Lemon Yellow and Neutral Gray

Combination 196

3 colors

Citron Yellow, Pale King's Blue and Blue Violet

Combination 197

3 colors

Eosine Pink, Dark Soft Violet and Neutral Gray

Combination 198

3 colors

Burnt Sienna, Apricot Yellow and Green

Combination 199

3 colors

Ochre Red, Light Brownish Olive and Deep Lyons Blue

Combination 200

3 colors

Carmine Red, Olive Buff and Chromium Green

Combination 201

3 colors

Grenadine Pink, Olive and Cobalt Green

Combination 202

3 colors

Turquoise Green, Cobalt Green and Slate Color

Combination 203

3 colors

Pale Lemon Yellow, Vinaceous Cinnamon and Lincoln Green

Combination 204

3 colors

Rosolanc Purple, Cinnamon Rufous and Light Glaucous Blue

Combination 205

3 colors

Pale Burnt Lake, Vinaceous Cinnamon and Violet

Combination 206

3 colors

Corinthian Pink, Golden Yellow and Cinnamon Rufous

Combination 207

3 colors

Sudan Brown, Glaucous Green and Black

Combination 208

3 colors

Sulpher Yellow, Green Blue and Antwarp Blue

Combination 209

3 colors

Ivory Buff, Yellow Orange and Salvia Blue

Combination 210

3 colors

Cinnamon Buff, Lemon Yellow and Lincoln Green

Combination 211

3 colors

Apricot Orange, Olive Yellow and Deep Indigo

Combination 212

3 colors

Pompeian Red, Orange Citrine and Salvia Blue

Combination 213

3 colors

Vinaceous Cinnamon, Apricot Yellow and Pale King's Blue

Combination 214

3 colors

Ivory Buff, Sudan Brown and Violet

Combination 215

3 colors

Cream Yellow, Blue and Eupatorium Purple

Combination 216

3 colors

Jasper Red, Green and Black

Combination 217

3 colors

Pale Burnt Lake, Ochraceous Salmon and Diamine Green

Combination 218

3 colors

Helvetia Blue, Grayish Lavender - A and Deep Violet / Plumbeous

Combination 219

3 colors

Jasper Red, Chromium Green and Dusky Green

Combination 220

3 colors

Pomegranite Purple, Ochraceous Salmon and Aconite Violet

Combination 221

3 colors

Carmine Red, Neutral Gray and Black

Combination 222

3 colors

Yellow Ocher, Yellow Orange and Orange Rufous

Combination 223

3 colors

Light Brown Drab, Ochraceous Salmon and Turquoise Green

Combination 224

3 colors

Spinel Red, Dark Medici Blue and Taupe Brown

Combination 225

3 colors

Carmine, Dusky Green and Dark Slate Purple

Combination 226

3 colors

Vistoris Lake, Cream Yellow and Violet

Combination 227

3 colors

Hermosa Pink, Light Glaucous Blue and Cerulian Blue

Combination 228

3 colors

Carmine Red, Pale Lemon Yellow and Neutral Gray

Combination 229

3 colors

Golden Yellow, Deep Slate Olive and Neutral Gray

Combination 230

3 colors

Grenadine Pink, Turquoise Green and Cobalt Green

Combination 231

3 colors

Cameo Pink, Hay's Russet and Olympic Blue

Combination 232

3 colors

Carmine, Pinkish Cinnamon and Deep Indigo

Combination 233

3 colors

Carmine Red, Buffy Citrine and Violet Blue

Combination 234

3 colors

Cinnamon Buff, Pale Raw Umber and Pale King's Blue

Combination 235

3 colors

Ivory Buff, Yellow Orange and Grayish Lavender - B

Combination 236

3 colors

Khaki, Deep Lyons Blue and Purple Drab

Combination 237

3 colors

Carmine Red, Madder Brown and Salvia Blue

Combination 238

3 colors

Ochraceous Salmon, Cotinga Purple and Warm Gray

Combination 239

3 colors

Light Brown Drab, Pyrite Yellow and Glaucous Green

Combination 240

3 colors

Fresh Color, Yellow and Cerulian Blue

Combination 241

4 colors

Red Orange, Pale Lemon Yellow, Isabella Color and Dark Medici Blue

Combination 242

4 colors

Eosine Pink, Burnt Sienna, Diamine Green and Black

Combination 243

4 colors

Raw Sienna, Ivory Buff, Olive Green and Slate Color

Combination 244

4 colors

Light Brown Drab, Vinaceous Tawny, Andover Green and Antwarp Blue

Combination 245

4 colors

Carmine Red, Oil Green, Dark Tyrian Blue and Slate Color

Combination 246

4 colors

Corinthian Pink, Brick Red, Sulpher Yellow and Cinnamon Buff

Combination 247

4 colors

Raw Sienna, Apricot Yellow, Benzol Green and Deep Lyons Blue

Combination 248

4 colors

Eosine Pink, Khaki, Grayish Lavender - A and Dark Slate Purple

Combination 249

4 colors

Hay's Russet, Ecru, Olive Ocher and Dark Medici Blue

Combination 250

4 colors

Pyrite Yellow, Peach Red, Sea Green and Nile Blue

Combination 251

4 colors

Red, Yellow, Diamine Green and Slate Color

Combination 252

4 colors

Eugenia Red | B, Raw Sienna, Sulphine Yellow and Green Blue

Combination 253

4 colors

Lemon Yellow, Apricot Orange, Cotinga Purple and Slate Color

Combination 254

4 colors

Corinthian Pink, Sulpher Yellow, Olive and Laelia Pink

Combination 255

4 colors

Raw Sienna, Pyrite Yellow, Calamine BLue and Black

Combination 256

4 colors

Vinaceous Cinnamon, Orange, Dull Viridian Green and Black

Combination 257

4 colors

Spectrum Red, Orange Yellow, Blue and Aconite Violet

Combination 258

4 colors

Pale Burnt Lake, Pinkish Cinnamon, Olive and Antwarp Blue

Combination 259

4 colors

Lemon Yellow, Green Blue, Helvetia Blue and Warm Gray

Combination 260

4 colors

Old Rose, Vinaceous Cinnamon, Glaucous Green and Sea Green

Combination 261

4 colors

Red, Pale Lemon Yellow, Calamine BLue and Warm Gray

Combination 262

4 colors

Eugenia Red | B, Ivory Buff, Citrine and Cossack Green

Combination 263

4 colors

Burnt Sienna, Pinkish Cinnamon, Turquoise Green and Slate Color

Combination 264

4 colors

Corinthian Pink, Red Orange, Dark Greenish Glaucous and Cerulian Blue

Combination 265

4 colors

Old Rose, Apricot Yellow, Olive Yellow and Dull Violet Black

Combination 266

4 colors

Spectrum Red, Ivory Buff, Rainette Green and Benzol Green

Combination 267

4 colors

Cream Yellow, Yellow Orange, Benzol Green and Blue

Combination 268

4 colors

Light Brown Drab, Raw Sienna, Deep Slate Olive and Nile Blue

Combination 269

4 colors

Raw Sienna, Pale Burnt Lake, Aconite Violet and Black

Combination 270

4 colors

Eugenia Red | B, Sulpher Yellow, Olive Green and Cossack Green

Combination 271

4 colors

Pomegranite Purple, Cobalt Green, Green Blue and Deep Slate Green

Combination 272

4 colors

Pale Lemon Yellow, Orange, Turquoise Green and Salvia Blue

Combination 273

4 colors

Hermosa Pink, Pansy Purple, Sudan Brown and Neutral Gray

Combination 274

4 colors

Peach Red, Dark Citrine, Olympic Blue and Light Mauve

Combination 275

4 colors

Etruscan Red, Ecru, Madder Brown and Taupe Brown

Combination 276

4 colors

Eosine Pink, Seashell Pink, Yellow Green and Black

Combination 277

4 colors

Spinel Red, Rosolanc Purple, Olive and Dull Violet Black

Combination 278

4 colors

Cream Yellow, Olive Ocher, Cossack Green and Dusky Green

Combination 279

4 colors

Raw Sienna, Vinaceous Cinnamon, Ecru and Dark Tyrian Blue

Combination 280

4 colors

Eugenia Red | B, Lincoln Green, Laelia Pink and Taupe Brown

Combination 281

4 colors

Pale Lemon Yellow, Benzol Green, Cobalt Green and Antwarp Blue

Combination 282

4 colors

Eugenia Red | B, Maple, Cobalt Green and Lilac

Combination 283

4 colors

Ochre Red, Pale Burnt Lake, Chromium Green and Venice Green

Combination 284

4 colors

Eugenia Red | A, Apricot Yellow, Sea Green and Dusky Green

Combination 285

4 colors

Light Brown Drab, Burnt Sienna, Peach Red and Turquoise Green

Combination 286

4 colors

Burnt Sienna, Orange Yellow, Peacock Blue and Violet Blue

Combination 287

4 colors

Eosine Pink, Pyrite Yellow, Pale King's Blue and Calamine BLue

Combination 288

4 colors

Yellow Orange, Sepia, Taupe Brown and Black

Combination 289

4 colors

Lemon Yellow, Light Green Yellow, Violet Blue and Dull Violet Black

Combination 290

4 colors

Vistoris Lake, Pale Lemon Yellow, Lincoln Green and Cobalt Green

Combination 291

4 colors

Light Green Yellow, Sea Green, Cobalt Green and Calamine BLue

Combination 292

4 colors

Pale Lemon Yellow, Pinkish Cinnamon, Isabella Color and Ecru

Combination 293

4 colors

Raw Sienna, Turquoise Green, Artemesia Green and Green

Combination 294

4 colors

Sulpher Yellow, Cream Yellow, Cossack Green and Salvia Blue

Combination 295

4 colors

Cream Yellow, Yellow, Blue and Dull Violet Black

Combination 296

4 colors

Sulpher Yellow, Ochraceous Salmon, Pale Raw Umber and Slate Color

Combination 297

4 colors

Burnt Sienna, Yellow Orange, Olive Green and Violet Blue

Combination 298

4 colors

Raw Sienna, Lemon Yellow, Peach Red and Black

Combination 299

4 colors

Indian Lake, Vinaceous Cinnamon, Oil Green and Antwarp Blue

Combination 300

4 colors

Grenadine Pink, Cream Yellow, Turquoise Green and Calamine BLue

Combination 301

4 colors

Spectrum Red, Ivory Buff, Rainette Green and Aconite Violet

Combination 302

4 colors

Cream Yellow, Ecru, Nile Blue and Antwarp Blue

Combination 303

4 colors

Naples Yellow, Peach Red, Deep Slate Olive and Neutral Gray

Combination 304

4 colors

Hay's Russet, Cream Yellow, Dark Citrine and Benzol Green

Combination 305

4 colors

Pinkish Cinnamon, Apricot Yellow, Citron Yellow and Turquoise Green

Combination 306

4 colors

Lemon Yellow, Benzol Green, Dull Viridian Green and Nile Blue

Combination 307

4 colors

Carmine, Grayish Lavender - A, Aconite Violet and Cotinga Purple

Combination 308

4 colors

Fawn, Scarlet, English Red and Cobalt Green

Combination 309

4 colors

Golden Yellow, Apricot Orange, Violet Blue and Vandar Poel's Blue

Combination 310

4 colors

Sulpher Yellow, Pinkish Cinnamon, Olive and Deep Slate Olive

Combination 311

4 colors

Pompeian Red, Cream Yellow, Dark Greenish Glaucous and Light Green Yellow

Combination 312

4 colors

Burnt Sienna, Yellow Orange, Artemesia Green and Helvetia Blue

Combination 313

4 colors

Carmine, Yellow, Diamine Green and Black

Combination 314

4 colors

Eosine Pink, Hay's Russet, Deep Lyons Blue and Dusky Madder Violet

Combination 315

4 colors

Grenadine Pink, Sulpher Yellow, Golden Yellow and Eupatorium Purple

Combination 316

4 colors

Vandyke Red, Dull Viridian Green, Violet and Red Violet

Combination 317

4 colors

Light Pinkish Cinnamon, Ecru, Lemon Yellow and Turquoise Green

Combination 318

4 colors

Light Brownish Olive, Blackish Olive, Dusky Green and Deep Slate Green

Combination 319

4 colors

Raw Sienna, Apricot Yellow, Yellow Orange and Cossack Green

Combination 320

4 colors

Coral Red, Sulpher Yellow, Oil Green and Light Glaucous Blue

Combination 321

4 colors

Light Brown Drab, Sulpher Yellow, Deep Slate Olive and Salvia Blue

Combination 322

4 colors

Spectrum Red, Brick Red, Eupatorium Purple and Blue Violet

Combination 323

4 colors

Cinnamon Buff, Citron Yellow, Madder Brown and Black

Combination 324

4 colors

Pompeian Red, Olympic Blue, Aconite Violet and Neutral Gray

Combination 325

4 colors

Eugenia Red | B, Naples Yellow, Yellow Ocher and Deep Slate Green

Combination 326

4 colors

Sulpher Yellow, Peach Red, Yellow Green and Night Green

Combination 327

4 colors

Eosine Pink, Raw Sienna, Ecru and Grayish Lavender - B

Combination 328

4 colors

Brick Red, Apricot Orange, Vandyke Brown and Light Porcelain Green

Combination 329

4 colors

Cream Yellow, Grayish Lavender - B, Cotinga Purple and Slate Color

Combination 330

4 colors

Olive Buff, Nile Blue, Salvia Blue and Green Blue

Combination 331

4 colors

Indian Lake, Dull Violet Black, Light Mauve and Violet

Combination 332

4 colors

Coral Red, Scarlet, Deep Slate Olive and Dusky Green

Combination 333

4 colors

Burnt Sienna, Lemon Yellow, Cobalt Green and Blue

Combination 334

4 colors

Seashell Pink, Olive, Yellow Green and Antwarp Blue

Combination 335

4 colors

Vandyke Red, Yellow Orange, Violet and Slate Color

Combination 336

4 colors

Eosine Pink, Hay's Russet, Pale Lemon Yellow and Blackish Olive

Combination 337

4 colors

Vistoris Lake, Laelia Pink, Violet Carmine and Black

Combination 338

4 colors

Carmine Red, Orange Yellow, Dusky Green and Grayish Lavender - B

Combination 339

4 colors

Ochraceous Salmon, English Red, Light Glaucous Blue and Violet Blue

Combination 340

4 colors

Peach Red, Sea Green, Neutral Gray and Black

Combination 341

4 colors

Grenadine Pink, Cossack Green, Deep Slate Olive and Light Glaucous Blue

Combination 342

4 colors

Corinthian Pink, Cream Yellow, Orange Citrine and Deep Slate Olive

Combination 343

4 colors

Burnt Sienna, Ivory Buff, Deep Grayish Olive and Vandar Poel's Blue

Combination 344

4 colors

Cinnamon Buff, Deep Lyons Blue, Aconite Violet and Black

Combination 345

4 colors

Hay's Russet, Nile Blue, Venice Green and Blue Violet

Combination 346

4 colors

Rosolanc Purple, Turquoise Green, Light Green Yellow and Andover Green

Combination 347

4 colors

Olive Yellow, Sea Green, Helvetia Blue and Lilac

Combination 348

4 colors

Olive Buff, Cossack Green, Deep Slate Olive and Cotinga Purple

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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