A Dictionary of Color Combinations - Volume II

A Dictionary of Color Combinations - Volume II

From 1933 to 1934 Sanzo Wada published a collection of color combinations that was the first of its kind in Japan. Reprinted in 2010, A Dictionary of Color Combinations, was applauded by Die Zeit as a source of inspiration filled with a captivating array of “hues we didn’t even know existed.”
 
Following on from that enduring bestseller, A Dictionary of Color Combinations Vol. 2 brings back two more works by Wada published in 1935–1936 and 1938, respectively. The book presents 72 color 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.

・Colour names in Japanese and English
・includes 172 removable color chips
 
Sanzo Wada (1883–1967)’s interest in the importance of color prompted him to found the Japan Standard Color Association (present-day Japan Color Research Institute) in 1927. Active not only as a color researcher but also as an artist, fashion designer, and stage and film art director, he received the 1954 Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Gate of Hell and was recognized as a Person of Cultural Merit by the Japanese government in 1958.

Softcover
336 pages
Dimensions: 148 × 105 × 20 mm
ISBN 9784861527722

Language: Japanese with some English translation