About this combination
Combination 80 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Sulpher Yellow, Light Mauve, as documented in the original plates.
Historical context
Plate 80 of Wada's 348 anchors Sulpher Yellow and Light Mauve in the yellow family — a 2-colour grouping with a serene, 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 — Sulpher Yellow on Light Mauve — reaches a contrast ratio of 3.29:1, usable for large text but not body copy, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.