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