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