Eugenia Red | B & Raw Sienna +2

About this combination

Combination 252 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Eugenia Red | B, Raw Sienna, Sulphine Yellow, Green Blue, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 252 of Wada's 348 anchors Eugenia Red | B, Raw Sienna, Sulphine Yellow and Green 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 — Eugenia Red | B on Sulphine Yellow — reaches a contrast ratio of 1.55:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.