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