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Colour Combination 1 : A Dictionary of Colour Combination.
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Sanzo Wada (1883-1967) was an artist, teacher, costume and kimono designer during a turbulent time in avant-garde Japanese art and cinema. Wada was ahead of his time in developing traditional and Western influenced colour combinations, helping to lay the foundations for contemporary colour research. Based on his original 6-volume work from the 1930s, A Dictionary …
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Based on Japanese Sanzo Wada's original 6-volume work from the 1930s, this booklet A Dictionary of Color Combinations offers 348 color combinations, as attractive and sensuous as the book's own design.
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Colour Combination 1 : A Dictionary of Colour Combination.
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The book presents 72 colour patterns themed on the Japanese seasons and another 165 drawn from early to mid-twentieth-century fashion, interior, and graphic design, making it an indispensable reference for designers, fashion and interior specialists, illustrators, photographers, writers, and indeed anyone engaged in creative work.
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Henry Leidel’s book includes detailed instructions on 175 color pigments plus 175 color samples. Leidel suggest that there are three classes of colors: Primary, Secondary & Tertiary; the latter composed of two Secondary or three Primary Colours. Leidel, H. (1893). Hints on tints and how to mix them: illustrated by one hundred and seventy-five specimens of tints, with an introductory essay on color and colors. New York: H. Leidel. https://archive.org/details/hintsontintshowt00leid/
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