Japanese Color Matching explores the visual language of contemporary Japanese design through a curated collection of color palettes and pairings. Organized around key aesthetic themes—retro, minimal, kawaii (cute), and avant-garde—the book highlights how color shapes mood, meaning, and everyday experience.
Drawing from disciplines including graphic design, fashion, food, and architecture, it offers insight into how color is used across modern Japanese culture. The book also features work and perspectives from influential designers including Taku Satoh, Shogo Kishino, Kenya Hara, Kazumasa Nagai, Kazunari Hattori, and Manabu Mizuno, offering both inspiration and context for how color operates in contemporary practice.
