Sudan Brown & Glaucous Green +1

About this combination

Combination 207 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Sudan Brown, Glaucous Green, Black, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 207 of Wada's 348 anchors Sudan Brown, Glaucous Green and Black in the orange 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 — Glaucous Green on Black — reaches a contrast ratio of 11.05:1, clearing the WCAG AAA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.