Corinthian Pink & Grayish Lavender - B +1

About this combination

Combination 174 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Corinthian Pink, Grayish Lavender - B, Taupe Brown, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 174 of Wada's 348 anchors Corinthian Pink, Grayish Lavender - B and Taupe Brown 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 Taupe Brown — reaches a contrast ratio of 4.44:1, usable for large text but not body copy, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.