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