• TERTIARY Colours—olive And sage, ochre, terra cotta and russet, peacock blue—were favored, a palette influenced by William Morris’s revival of medieval formulas, and through 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 stop https://www.watchesworld.com/exploring-the-aesthetics-of-dial-design-and-decoration/