A Dictionary of Color Combinations
In 1933 the painter Sanzo Wada published 配色事典 — a six-volume dictionary of color schemes for designers, printers and kimono makers. Here the book is laid out page by page: 348 combinations built from 159 colors. Leaf through whole combinations, copy colors, check contrast.
Combination 1: English Red, Cerulian Blue Combination 2: Yellow Orange, Dark Tyrian Blue Combination 3: Raw Sienna, Pale Lemon Yellow Combination 4: Isabella Color, Red Violet Combination 5: Cossack Green, Vandar Poel's Blue Combination 6: Grenadine Pink, Deep Indigo Combination 7: Orange, Glaucous Green Combination 8: Cinnamon Rufous, Grayish Lavender - A Combination 9: Violet Red, Dull Blue Violet Combination 10: Cinnamon Rufous, Dark Citrine Combination 11: Ivory Buff, Mineral Gray Combination 12: Isabella Color, Green Blue Combination 13: Raw Sienna, Veronia Purple Combination 14: Spinel Red, Naples Yellow Combination 15: Benzol Green, Grayish Lavender - A Combination 16: Vandyke Red, Pale King's Blue Combination 17: Eugenia Red | B, Sea Green Combination 18: Fawn, Dusky Madder Violet Combination 19: Mars Brown Tobacco, Night Green Combination 20: Calamine BLue, Laelia Pink Combination 21: Grenadine Pink, Sea Green Combination 22: Yellow, Deep Lyons Blue Combination 23: Cinnamon Buff, Light Mauve Combination 24: Sepia, Veronia Purple Combination 25: Etruscan Red, Nile Blue Combination 26: Golden Yellow, Pale Raw Umber Combination 27: Corinthian Pink, Slate Color Combination 28: Madder Brown, Deep Indigo Combination 29: Krongbergs Green, Salvia Blue Combination 30: Pompeian Red, Mineral Gray Combination 31: Red Orange, Pale Lemon Yellow Combination 32: Ochraceous Salmon, Night Green Combination 33: Raw Sienna, Slate Color Combination 34: Eosine Pink, Neutral Gray Combination 35: Light Brown Drab, Carmine Red Combination 36: Sulphine Yellow, Turquoise Green Combination 37: Brick Red, Red Violet Combination 38: Diamine Green, Deep Lyons Blue Combination 39: Carmine, Helvetia Blue Combination 40: Vinaceous Tawny, Citron Yellow Combination 41: Dark Citrine, Calamine BLue Combination 42: Yellow Ocher, Violet Combination 43: Corinthian Pink, Aconite Violet Combination 44: Light Porcelain Green, Olympic Blue Combination 45: Seashell Pink, Lemon Yellow Combination 46: Orange, Black Combination 47: Etruscan Red, Grayish Lavender - B Combination 48: Rosolanc Purple, Helvetia Blue Combination 49: Pale King's Blue, Blue Combination 50: Ivory Buff, Dusky Madder Violet Combination 51: Carmine Red, Blue Combination 52: Sulpher Yellow, Black Combination 53: Yellow Orange, Dusky Madder Violet Combination 54: Benzol Green, Light Glaucous Blue Combination 55: Old Rose, White Combination 56: Grayish Lavender - B, Violet Combination 57: Taupe Brown, Slate Color Combination 58: Hay's Russet, Sea Green Combination 59: Eosine Pink, Citrine Combination 60: Pale Lemon Yellow, Dark Tyrian Blue Combination 61: Light Green Yellow, Cotinga Purple Combination 62: Yellow, Black Combination 63: Vistoris Lake, Cerulian Blue Combination 64: Aconite Violet, Dark Soft Violet Combination 65: Sulphine Yellow, Calamine BLue Combination 66: Olive Ocher, Olive Green Combination 67: Olympic Blue, Dark Tyrian Blue Combination 68: Light Brown Drab, Yellow Combination 69: Warm Gray, Black Combination 70: Raw Sienna, Lincoln Green Combination 71: Pompeian Red, Ochraceous Salmon Combination 72: Sulpher Yellow, Pale King's Blue Combination 73: Pale Raw Umber, Rainette Green Combination 74: Turquoise Green, Green Blue Combination 75: Pale King's Blue, Violet Blue Combination 76: Pale Lemon Yellow, Warm Gray Combination 77: Eugenia Red | B, Vandar Poel's Blue Combination 78: Pinkish Cinnamon, Venice Green Combination 79: Madder Brown, Green Blue Combination 80: Sulpher Yellow, Light Mauve Combination 81: Golden Yellow, Warm Gray Combination 82: Hay's Russet, Dusky Madder Violet Combination 83: Olive Buff, Violet Blue Combination 84: Seashell Pink, Deep Slate Green Combination 85: Vinaceous Tawny, Antwarp Blue Combination 86: Raw Sienna, Sea Green Combination 87: Corinthian Pink, Citron Yellow Combination 88: Seashell Pink, Blue Combination 89: Yellow Orange, Violet Blue Combination 90: Eosine Pink, Aconite Violet Combination 91: Vistoris Lake, Orange Rufous Combination 92: Coral Red, Benzol Green Combination 93: Citrine, Light Glaucous Blue Combination 94: Ivory Buff, Dusky Green Combination 95: Hay's Russet, Dull Violet Black Combination 96: Yellow Ocher, Olive Combination 97: Corinthian Pink, Etruscan Red Combination 98: Madder Brown, Violet Blue Combination 99: Pale Lemon Yellow, Cerulian Blue Combination 100: Buffy Citrine, Dull Blue Violet Combination 101: Cameo Pink, Deep Lyons Blue Combination 102: Ivory Buff, Orange Rufous Combination 103: Cinnamon Rufous, Dusky Madder Violet Combination 104: Carmine Red, Sulpher Yellow Combination 105: Cameo Pink, Chromium Green Combination 106: Antwarp Blue, Dull Violet Black Combination 107: Apricot Yellow, Light Grayish Olive Combination 108: Eosine Pink, Brick Red Combination 109: Pale Lemon Yellow, Blackish Olive Combination 110: Brown, Vandyke Brown Combination 111: Pale Lemon Yellow, Yellow Green Combination 112: Grenadine Pink, Black Combination 113: Seashell Pink, Vandyke Brown Combination 114: Orange Yellow, Antwarp Blue Combination 115: Naples Yellow, Peach Red Combination 116: Cameo Pink, Blue Violet Combination 117: Carmine, Black Combination 118: Yellow Ocher, Vandyke Brown Combination 119: Light Glaucous Blue, Dark Tyrian Blue Combination 120: Cameo Pink, Pompeian Red Combination 121: Brown, Ochraceous Salmon, Lincoln Green Combination 122: Carmine, Cream Yellow, Benzol Green Combination 123: Coral Red, Lemon Yellow, Taupe Brown Combination 124: Pale Burnt Lake, Yellow Ocher, Olive Yellow Combination 125: Fawn, Cerulian Blue, Violet Blue Combination 126: Ivory Buff, Yellow Ocher, Deep Lyons Blue Combination 127: Cinnamon Buff, Pistachio Green, Dark Soft Violet Combination 128: Corinthian Pink, Venice Green, Light Mauve Combination 129: Apricot Yellow, Khaki, Salvia Blue Combination 130: Raw Sienna, Carmine Red, Violet Combination 131: Raw Sienna, English Red, Peacock Blue Combination 132: Sulpher Yellow, Golden Yellow, Citrine Combination 133: Vandyke Red, Citrine, Sea Green Combination 134: Eosine Pink, Light Mauve, Red Violet Combination 135: Sulpher Yellow, Cossack Green, Salvia Blue Combination 136: Scarlet, Dull Viridian Green, Red Violet Combination 137: Etruscan Red, Cinnamon Buff, Pistachio Green Combination 138: Golden Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Venice Green Combination 139: Salvia Blue, Deep Indigo, Neutral Gray Combination 140: Golden Yellow, Antwarp Blue, Slate Color Combination 141: Orange, Yellow Green, Dark Tyrian Blue Combination 142: Hydrangea Red, Sulphine Yellow, Salvia Blue Combination 143: Blue, Lilac, Warm Gray Combination 144: Rosolanc Purple, Orange, Black Combination 145: Brown, Citron Yellow, Dull Violet Black Combination 146: Khaki, Deep Grayish Olive, Diamine Green Combination 147: Spinel Red, Vandyke Red, Turquoise Green Combination 148: Olive Ocher, Orange Yellow, Cerulian Blue Combination 149: Olive Ocher, Orange, Deep Slate Green Combination 150: Seashell Pink, Citron Yellow, Glaucous Green Combination 151: Sulpher Yellow, Yellow Orange, Vandar Poel's Blue Combination 152: Etruscan Red, Hay's Russet, Light Glaucous Blue Combination 153: Eosine Pink, Orange Yellow, Citron Yellow Combination 154: Carmine, Yellow, Blue Combination 155: Jasper Red, Benzol Green, Deep Indigo Combination 156: Olive Ocher, Cobalt Green, Violet Combination 157: Pansy Purple, Olive Ocher, Olympic Blue Combination 158: Lemon Yellow, Cinnamon Rufous, Night Green Combination 159: Khaki, Calamine BLue, Grayish Lavender - A Combination 160: Sulphine Yellow, Pale Raw Umber, Dark Medici Blue Combination 161: Brown, Pinkish Cinnamon, Helvetia Blue Combination 162: Old Rose, Rainette Green, Lilac Combination 163: Apricot Yellow, Turquoise Green, Antwarp Blue Combination 164: Red Orange, Orange Yellow, Violet Combination 165: Cameo Pink, Spinel Red, Vistoris Lake Combination 166: Grenadine Pink, Naples Yellow, Deep Slate Green Combination 167: Ecru, Pale King's Blue, Vandar Poel's Blue Combination 168: Lemon Yellow, Vandar Poel's Blue, Veronia Purple Combination 169: Corinthian Pink, Pale Lemon Yellow, Warm Gray Combination 170: Rosolanc Purple, Orange Yellow, Red Violet Combination 171: Pale Burnt Lake, Yellow Orange, Glaucous Green Combination 172: Cinnamon Rufous, Antwarp Blue, Red Violet Combination 173: Lemon Yellow, Madder Brown, Turquoise Green Combination 174: Corinthian Pink, Grayish Lavender - B, Taupe Brown Combination 175: Pinkish Cinnamon, Olive Buff, Blue Violet Combination 176: Hermosa Pink, Seashell Pink, Calamine BLue Combination 177: Pale Burnt Lake, Buffy Citrine, Grayish Lavender - A Combination 178: Ivory Buff, Light Glaucous Blue, Green Blue Combination 179: Red Orange, Golden Yellow, Deep Lyons Blue Combination 180: Cinnamon Buff, Light Mauve, Neutral Gray Combination 181: Carmine Red, Violet, Cotinga Purple Combination 182: Raw Sienna, Vandyke Brown, Deep Indigo Combination 183: Deep Violet / Plumbeous, Veronia Purple, Red Violet Combination 184: Spinel Red, Ivory Buff, Light Grayish Olive Combination 185: Light Brown Drab, Etruscan Red, Pale Lemon Yellow Combination 186: Hay's Russet, Ochraceous Salmon, Blue Combination 187: Helvetia Blue, Grayish Lavender - B, Aconite Violet Combination 188: Rainette Green, Salvia Blue, Cobalt Green Combination 189: Lemon Yellow, Deep Slate Olive, Venice Green Combination 190: Ivory Buff, English Red, Black Combination 191: Light Brown Drab, Yellow Ocher, Blue Combination 192: Cream Yellow, Vandyke Brown, Deep Violet / Plumbeous Combination 193: Grenadine Pink, Naples Yellow, Light Porcelain Green Combination 194: Jasper Red, Seashell Pink, Olympic Blue Combination 195: Spinel Red, Pale Lemon Yellow, Neutral Gray Combination 196: Citron Yellow, Pale King's Blue, Blue Violet Combination 197: Eosine Pink, Dark Soft Violet, Neutral Gray Combination 198: Burnt Sienna, Apricot Yellow, Green Combination 199: Ochre Red, Light Brownish Olive, Deep Lyons Blue Combination 200: Carmine Red, Olive Buff, Chromium Green Combination 201: Grenadine Pink, Olive, Cobalt Green Combination 202: Turquoise Green, Cobalt Green, Slate Color Combination 203: Pale Lemon Yellow, Vinaceous Cinnamon, Lincoln Green Combination 204: Rosolanc Purple, Cinnamon Rufous, Light Glaucous Blue Combination 205: Pale Burnt Lake, Vinaceous Cinnamon, Violet Combination 206: Corinthian Pink, Golden Yellow, Cinnamon Rufous Combination 207: Sudan Brown, Glaucous Green, Black Combination 208: Sulpher Yellow, Green Blue, Antwarp Blue Combination 209: Ivory Buff, Yellow Orange, Salvia Blue Combination 210: Cinnamon Buff, Lemon Yellow, Lincoln Green Combination 211: Apricot Orange, Olive Yellow, Deep Indigo Combination 212: Pompeian Red, Orange Citrine, Salvia Blue Combination 213: Vinaceous Cinnamon, Apricot Yellow, Pale King's Blue Combination 214: Ivory Buff, Sudan Brown, Violet Combination 215: Cream Yellow, Blue, Eupatorium Purple Combination 216: Jasper Red, Green, Black Combination 217: Pale Burnt Lake, Ochraceous Salmon, Diamine Green Combination 218: Helvetia Blue, Grayish Lavender - A, Deep Violet / Plumbeous Combination 219: Jasper Red, Chromium Green, Dusky Green Combination 220: Pomegranite Purple, Ochraceous Salmon, Aconite Violet Combination 221: Carmine Red, Neutral Gray, Black Combination 222: Yellow Ocher, Yellow Orange, Orange Rufous Combination 223: Light Brown Drab, Ochraceous Salmon, Turquoise Green Combination 224: Spinel Red, Dark Medici Blue, Taupe Brown Combination 225: Carmine, Dusky Green, Dark Slate Purple Combination 226: Vistoris Lake, Cream Yellow, Violet Combination 227: Hermosa Pink, Light Glaucous Blue, Cerulian Blue Combination 228: Carmine Red, Pale Lemon Yellow, Neutral Gray Combination 229: Golden Yellow, Deep Slate Olive, Neutral Gray Combination 230: Grenadine Pink, Turquoise Green, Cobalt Green Combination 231: Cameo Pink, Hay's Russet, Olympic Blue Combination 232: Carmine, Pinkish Cinnamon, Deep Indigo Combination 233: Carmine Red, Buffy Citrine, Violet Blue Combination 234: Cinnamon Buff, Pale Raw Umber, Pale King's Blue Combination 235: Ivory Buff, Yellow Orange, Grayish Lavender - B Combination 236: Khaki, Deep Lyons Blue, Purple Drab Combination 237: Carmine Red, Madder Brown, Salvia Blue Combination 238: Ochraceous Salmon, Cotinga Purple, Warm Gray Combination 239: Light Brown Drab, Pyrite Yellow, Glaucous Green Combination 240: Fresh Color, Yellow, Cerulian Blue Combination 241: Red Orange, Pale Lemon Yellow, Isabella Color, Dark Medici Blue Combination 242: Eosine Pink, Burnt Sienna, Diamine Green, Black Combination 243: Raw Sienna, Ivory Buff, Olive Green, Slate Color Combination 244: Light Brown Drab, Vinaceous Tawny, Andover Green, Antwarp Blue Combination 245: Carmine Red, Oil Green, Dark Tyrian Blue, Slate Color Combination 246: Corinthian Pink, Brick Red, Sulpher Yellow, Cinnamon Buff Combination 247: Raw Sienna, Apricot Yellow, Benzol Green, Deep Lyons Blue Combination 248: Eosine Pink, Khaki, Grayish Lavender - A, Dark Slate Purple Combination 249: Hay's Russet, Ecru, Olive Ocher, Dark Medici Blue Combination 250: Pyrite Yellow, Peach Red, Sea Green, Nile Blue Combination 251: Red, Yellow, Diamine Green, Slate Color Combination 252: Eugenia Red | B, Raw Sienna, Sulphine Yellow, Green Blue Combination 253: Lemon Yellow, Apricot Orange, Cotinga Purple, Slate Color Combination 254: Corinthian Pink, Sulpher Yellow, Olive, Laelia Pink Combination 255: Raw Sienna, Pyrite Yellow, Calamine BLue, Black Combination 256: Vinaceous Cinnamon, Orange, Dull Viridian Green, Black Combination 257: Spectrum Red, Orange Yellow, Blue, Aconite Violet Combination 258: Pale Burnt Lake, Pinkish Cinnamon, Olive, Antwarp Blue Combination 259: Lemon Yellow, Green Blue, Helvetia Blue, Warm Gray Combination 260: Old Rose, Vinaceous Cinnamon, Glaucous Green, Sea Green Combination 261: Red, Pale Lemon Yellow, Calamine BLue, Warm Gray Combination 262: Eugenia Red | B, Ivory Buff, Citrine, Cossack Green Combination 263: Burnt Sienna, Pinkish Cinnamon, Turquoise Green, Slate Color Combination 264: Corinthian Pink, Red Orange, Dark Greenish Glaucous, Cerulian Blue Combination 265: Old Rose, Apricot Yellow, Olive Yellow, Dull Violet Black Combination 266: Spectrum Red, Ivory Buff, Rainette Green, Benzol Green Combination 267: Cream Yellow, Yellow Orange, Benzol Green, Blue Combination 268: Light Brown Drab, Raw Sienna, Deep Slate Olive, Nile Blue Combination 269: Raw Sienna, Pale Burnt Lake, Aconite Violet, Black Combination 270: Eugenia Red | B, Sulpher Yellow, Olive Green, Cossack Green Combination 271: Pomegranite Purple, Cobalt Green, Green Blue, Deep Slate Green Combination 272: Pale Lemon Yellow, Orange, Turquoise Green, Salvia Blue Combination 273: Hermosa Pink, Pansy Purple, Sudan Brown, Neutral Gray Combination 274: Peach Red, Dark Citrine, Olympic Blue, Light Mauve Combination 275: Etruscan Red, Ecru, Madder Brown, Taupe Brown Combination 276: Eosine Pink, Seashell Pink, Yellow Green, Black Combination 277: Spinel Red, Rosolanc Purple, Olive, Dull Violet Black Combination 278: Cream Yellow, Olive Ocher, Cossack Green, Dusky Green Combination 279: Raw Sienna, Vinaceous Cinnamon, Ecru, Dark Tyrian Blue Combination 280: Eugenia Red | B, Lincoln Green, Laelia Pink, Taupe Brown Combination 281: Pale Lemon Yellow, Benzol Green, Cobalt Green, Antwarp Blue Combination 282: Eugenia Red | B, Maple, Cobalt Green, Lilac Combination 283: Ochre Red, Pale Burnt Lake, Chromium Green, Venice Green Combination 284: Eugenia Red | A, Apricot Yellow, Sea Green, Dusky Green Combination 285: Light Brown Drab, Burnt Sienna, Peach Red, Turquoise Green Combination 286: Burnt Sienna, Orange Yellow, Peacock Blue, Violet Blue Combination 287: Eosine Pink, Pyrite Yellow, Pale King's Blue, Calamine BLue Combination 288: Yellow Orange, Sepia, Taupe Brown, Black Combination 289: Lemon Yellow, Light Green Yellow, Violet Blue, Dull Violet Black Combination 290: Vistoris Lake, Pale Lemon Yellow, Lincoln Green, Cobalt Green Combination 291: Light Green Yellow, Sea Green, Cobalt Green, Calamine BLue Combination 292: Pale Lemon Yellow, Pinkish Cinnamon, Isabella Color, Ecru Combination 293: Raw Sienna, Turquoise Green, Artemesia Green, Green Combination 294: Sulpher Yellow, Cream Yellow, Cossack Green, Salvia Blue Combination 295: Cream Yellow, Yellow, Blue, Dull Violet Black Combination 296: Sulpher Yellow, Ochraceous Salmon, Pale Raw Umber, Slate Color Combination 297: Burnt Sienna, Yellow Orange, Olive Green, Violet Blue Combination 298: Raw Sienna, Lemon Yellow, Peach Red, Black Combination 299: Indian Lake, Vinaceous Cinnamon, Oil Green, Antwarp Blue Combination 300: Grenadine Pink, Cream Yellow, Turquoise Green, Calamine BLue Combination 301: Spectrum Red, Ivory Buff, Rainette Green, Aconite Violet Combination 302: Cream Yellow, Ecru, Nile Blue, Antwarp Blue Combination 303: Naples Yellow, Peach Red, Deep Slate Olive, Neutral Gray Combination 304: Hay's Russet, Cream Yellow, Dark Citrine, Benzol Green Combination 305: Pinkish Cinnamon, Apricot Yellow, Citron Yellow, Turquoise Green Combination 306: Lemon Yellow, Benzol Green, Dull Viridian Green, Nile Blue Combination 307: Carmine, Grayish Lavender - A, Aconite Violet, Cotinga Purple Combination 308: Fawn, Scarlet, English Red, Cobalt Green Combination 309: Golden Yellow, Apricot Orange, Violet Blue, Vandar Poel's Blue Combination 310: Sulpher Yellow, Pinkish Cinnamon, Olive, Deep Slate Olive Combination 311: Pompeian Red, Cream Yellow, Dark Greenish Glaucous, Light Green Yellow Combination 312: Burnt Sienna, Yellow Orange, Artemesia Green, Helvetia Blue Combination 313: Carmine, Yellow, Diamine Green, Black Combination 314: Eosine Pink, Hay's Russet, Deep Lyons Blue, Dusky Madder Violet Combination 315: Grenadine Pink, Sulpher Yellow, Golden Yellow, Eupatorium Purple Combination 316: Vandyke Red, Dull Viridian Green, Violet, Red Violet Combination 317: Light Pinkish Cinnamon, Ecru, Lemon Yellow, Turquoise Green Combination 318: Light Brownish Olive, Blackish Olive, Dusky Green, Deep Slate Green Combination 319: Raw Sienna, Apricot Yellow, Yellow Orange, Cossack Green Combination 320: Coral Red, Sulpher Yellow, Oil Green, Light Glaucous Blue Combination 321: Light Brown Drab, Sulpher Yellow, Deep Slate Olive, Salvia Blue Combination 322: Spectrum Red, Brick Red, Eupatorium Purple, Blue Violet Combination 323: Cinnamon Buff, Citron Yellow, Madder Brown, Black Combination 324: Pompeian Red, Olympic Blue, Aconite Violet, Neutral Gray Combination 325: Eugenia Red | B, Naples Yellow, Yellow Ocher, Deep Slate Green Combination 326: Sulpher Yellow, Peach Red, Yellow Green, Night Green Combination 327: Eosine Pink, Raw Sienna, Ecru, Grayish Lavender - B Combination 328: Brick Red, Apricot Orange, Vandyke Brown, Light Porcelain Green Combination 329: Cream Yellow, Grayish Lavender - B, Cotinga Purple, Slate Color Combination 330: Olive Buff, Nile Blue, Salvia Blue, Green Blue Combination 331: Indian Lake, Dull Violet Black, Light Mauve, Violet Combination 332: Coral Red, Scarlet, Deep Slate Olive, Dusky Green Combination 333: Burnt Sienna, Lemon Yellow, Cobalt Green, Blue Combination 334: Seashell Pink, Olive, Yellow Green, Antwarp Blue Combination 335: Vandyke Red, Yellow Orange, Violet, Slate Color Combination 336: Eosine Pink, Hay's Russet, Pale Lemon Yellow, Blackish Olive Combination 337: Vistoris Lake, Laelia Pink, Violet Carmine, Black Combination 338: Carmine Red, Orange Yellow, Dusky Green, Grayish Lavender - B Combination 339: Ochraceous Salmon, English Red, Light Glaucous Blue, Violet Blue Combination 340: Peach Red, Sea Green, Neutral Gray, Black Combination 341: Grenadine Pink, Cossack Green, Deep Slate Olive, Light Glaucous Blue Combination 342: Corinthian Pink, Cream Yellow, Orange Citrine, Deep Slate Olive Combination 343: Burnt Sienna, Ivory Buff, Deep Grayish Olive, Vandar Poel's Blue Combination 344: Cinnamon Buff, Deep Lyons Blue, Aconite Violet, Black Combination 345: Hay's Russet, Nile Blue, Venice Green, Blue Violet Combination 346: Rosolanc Purple, Turquoise Green, Light Green Yellow, Andover Green Combination 347: Olive Yellow, Sea Green, Helvetia Blue, Lilac Combination 348: Olive Buff, Cossack Green, Deep Slate Olive, Cotinga Purple