Hermosa Pink & Light Glaucous Blue +1

About this combination

Combination 227 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Hermosa Pink, Light Glaucous Blue, Cerulian Blue, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 227 of Wada's 348 anchors Hermosa Pink, Light Glaucous Blue and Cerulian Blue 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 — Hermosa Pink on Cerulian Blue — reaches a contrast ratio of 2.37:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.