Hermosa Pink & Seashell Pink +1

About this combination

Combination 176 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Hermosa Pink, Seashell Pink, Calamine BLue, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 176 of Wada's 348 anchors Hermosa Pink, Seashell Pink and Calamine BLue 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 — Seashell Pink on Calamine BLue — reaches a contrast ratio of 1.34:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.