Pale Burnt Lake & Ochraceous Salmon +1

About this combination

Combination 217 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Pale Burnt Lake, Ochraceous Salmon, Diamine Green, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 217 of Wada's 348 anchors Pale Burnt Lake, Ochraceous Salmon and Diamine 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 — Pale Burnt Lake on Ochraceous Salmon — reaches a contrast ratio of 4.25:1, usable for large text but not body copy, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.