• TERTIARY COLORS—olive And sage, ochre, terra cotta and russet, peacock blue—ended up favored, a palette influenced by William Morris’s revival of medieval formulation, and by the subdued but apparent tones of Japanese woodblock prints. The Japanesque was needless to say propelled through the “opening of Japan” by Commodore Perry’s https://www.watchesworld.com/exploring-the-aesthetics-of-dial-design-and-decoration/