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