Red Orange & Pale Lemon Yellow +2

About this combination

Combination 241 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Red Orange, Pale Lemon Yellow, Isabella Color, Dark Medici Blue, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 241 of Wada's 348 anchors Red Orange, Pale Lemon Yellow, Isabella Color and Dark Medici Blue in the red family — a 4-colour grouping with a refined, warm, bold 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 Lemon Yellow on Dark Medici Blue — reaches a contrast ratio of 4.60:1, meeting the WCAG AA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.