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