Lemon Yellow & Vandar Poel's Blue +1

About this combination

Combination 168 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Lemon Yellow, Vandar Poel's Blue, Veronia Purple, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 168 of Wada's 348 anchors Lemon Yellow, Vandar Poel's Blue and Veronia Purple in the yellow 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 — Lemon Yellow on Vandar Poel's Blue — reaches a contrast ratio of 7.31:1, clearing the WCAG AAA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.