Carmine Red & Pale Lemon Yellow +1

About this combination

Combination 228 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Carmine Red, Pale Lemon Yellow, Neutral Gray, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 228 of Wada's 348 anchors Carmine Red, Pale Lemon Yellow and Neutral Gray 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 — Carmine Red on Pale Lemon Yellow — reaches a contrast ratio of 6.00:1, meeting the WCAG AA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.