Ochraceous Salmon & Cotinga Purple +1

About this combination

Combination 238 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Ochraceous Salmon, Cotinga Purple, Warm Gray, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 238 of Wada's 348 anchors Ochraceous Salmon, Cotinga Purple and Warm Gray 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 — Ochraceous Salmon on Cotinga Purple — reaches a contrast ratio of 6.21:1, meeting the WCAG AA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.