3-Color Palettes

Crane, Pine, Moon

The three friends of winter

Sand, Sea, Sky

The three layers of a coastal view

Blossom, Leaf, Bark

The three parts of the cherry tree

Gold, Lacquer, Ink

The painter's essential trio

Mist, Reed, Water

A marsh at dawn in three tones

Ivory, Celadon, Deep

Porcelain in graduated depth

Plum, Stone, Sky

Three layers of a winter morning

Saffron, Brown, Black

Spice ground, dried, and charred

Pale Aqua, Sand, Teak

Tropical layers from surface to shore

Snow, Pine, Earth

Forest floor in deep winter

Sakura, Grey, Branch

Blossom, sky and old wood

Ochre, Rust, Umber

Three pigments from the same iron earth

Ice, River, Stone

Alpine stream in three moods

Cream, Rose, Plum

Light petal, warm bloom, dark heart

Pale Blue, Slate, Night

Sky deepening through the hours

Straw, Terracotta, Soil

Three layers of a summer field

Washi, Ink, Seal

Paper, writing, and red verification

Seafoam, Teal, Abyss

Ocean from surface to floor

Pale Gold, Amber, Tar

Honey, resin, pitch — three kinds of dark gold

Linen, Sage, Cedar

Cloth, herb, wood — a Japanese room

Pale Lavender, Violet, Indigo

Purple deepening toward blue

Birch, Bark, Root

White tree, its outer layer, its anchor

Storm, Shore, Sea

Flat sky, bright strip, grey water

Ember, Ash, Coal

Fire, its remnant, its origin