• TERTIARY COLORS—olive And sage, ochre, terra cotta and russet, peacock blue—were being favored, a palette influenced by William Morris’s revival of medieval formulas, and with the subdued but crystal clear tones of Japanese woodblock prints. The Japanesque was naturally propelled via the “opening of Japan” by Commodore Perry’s celebrated https://www.watchesworld.com/exploring-the-aesthetics-of-dial-design-and-decoration/