Carmine & Cream Yellow +1

About this combination

Combination 122 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Carmine, Cream Yellow, Benzol Green, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 122 of Wada's 348 anchors Carmine, Cream Yellow and Benzol Green in the red family — a 3-colour grouping with a refined, warm 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 — Carmine on Cream Yellow — reaches a contrast ratio of 3.46:1, usable for large text but not body copy, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.