• TERTIARY Shades—olive And sage, ochre, terra cotta and russet, peacock blue—have been favored, a palette affected by William Morris’s revival of medieval formulation, and from the subdued but crystal clear tones of Japanese woodblock prints. The Japanesque was of course propelled by the “opening of Japan” by Commodore Perry’s https://www.watchesworld.com/exploring-the-aesthetics-of-dial-design-and-decoration/