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