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