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Showa era · refined · cool

Khaki & Calamine BLue +1

Plate 159 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Khaki, Calamine BLue, Grayish Lavender - A.

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Calamine BLue

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Grayish Lavender - A

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About this combination

Combination 159 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Khaki, Calamine BLue, Grayish Lavender - A, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 159 of Wada's 348 anchors Khaki, Calamine BLue and Grayish Lavender - A in the yellow family — a 3-colour grouping with a refined, cool 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 — Khaki on Calamine BLue — reaches a contrast ratio of 1.69:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.

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