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Showa era · refined · warm

Corinthian Pink & Venice Green +1

Plate 128 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Corinthian Pink, Venice Green, Light Mauve.

Corinthian Pink

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Venice Green

#62c6bf

Light Mauve

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Combination 128 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Corinthian Pink, Venice Green, Light Mauve, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 128 of Wada's 348 anchors Corinthian Pink, Venice Green and Light Mauve 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 — Corinthian Pink on Light Mauve — reaches a contrast ratio of 2.31:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.

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