Grenadine Pink & Naples Yellow +1

About this combination

Combination 193 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Grenadine Pink, Naples Yellow, Light Porcelain Green, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 193 of Wada's 348 anchors Grenadine Pink, Naples Yellow and Light Porcelain Green 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 — Naples Yellow on Light Porcelain Green — reaches a contrast ratio of 3.16:1, usable for large text but not body copy, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.