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