Rosolanc Purple & Orange +1

About this combination

Combination 144 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Rosolanc Purple, Orange, Black, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 144 of Wada's 348 anchors Rosolanc Purple, Orange and Black in the pink 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 — Orange on Black — reaches a contrast ratio of 6.50:1, meeting the WCAG AA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.