About this combination
Combination 31 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Red Orange, Pale Lemon Yellow, as documented in the original plates.
Historical context
Plate 31 of Wada's 348 anchors Red Orange and Pale Lemon Yellow in the red family — a 2-colour grouping with a refined, warm, austere character, recorded in the Showa-era volumes of Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations, where these shikisai names have sat in the public domain for generations. Its strongest pairing — Red Orange on Pale Lemon Yellow — reaches a contrast ratio of 3.76:1, usable for large text but not body copy, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.