Pyrite Yellow & Peach Red +2

About this combination

Combination 250 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Pyrite Yellow, Peach Red, Sea Green, Nile Blue, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 250 of Wada's 348 anchors Pyrite Yellow, Peach Red, Sea Green and Nile Blue in the yellow 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 — Peach Red on Nile Blue — reaches a contrast ratio of 2.46:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.