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Indigo Vat, a japanese colour palette of 6 swatches
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Indigo Vat

Reach for this when one hue has to carry a whole piece and you need four honest steps of it rather than two.

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CategoryJapanese
Colours6, one ink, one paper, one accent
Ink on paper14.85:1, AAA
AccentShu, 4.04:1 on ink
Temperaturebalanced
Colour visionstays separable, red and green
LicenceFree for commercial use

The 6 colours

Sumi is the ink and Kinari is the paper, which is the pair every measurement on this page is taken between. Shu is the accent, so it is the one that should appear least.

  1. Sumi#131820 Ink
  2. Kachi#1f3557 Base
  3. Hanada#3a6b9c Base
  4. Kamenozoki#a9c6d8 Base
  5. Kinari#f1ead9 Paper
  6. Shu#d24a2e Accent

#131820 #1f3557 #3a6b9c #a9c6d8 #f1ead9 #d24a2e

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