Corinthian Pink & Pale Lemon Yellow +1

About this combination

Combination 169 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Corinthian Pink, Pale Lemon Yellow, Warm Gray, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 169 of Wada's 348 anchors Corinthian Pink, Pale Lemon Yellow and Warm Gray in the red family — a 3-colour grouping with a serene, 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 — Pale Lemon Yellow on Warm Gray — reaches a contrast ratio of 2.22:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.