Corinthian Pink & Brick Red +2

About this combination

Combination 246 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Corinthian Pink, Brick Red, Sulpher Yellow, Cinnamon Buff, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 246 of Wada's 348 anchors Corinthian Pink, Brick Red, Sulpher Yellow and Cinnamon Buff in the red family — a 4-colour grouping with a serene, 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 — Brick Red on Sulpher Yellow — reaches a contrast ratio of 5.09:1, meeting the WCAG AA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.