Light Brown Drab & Raw Sienna +2

About this combination

Combination 268 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Light Brown Drab, Raw Sienna, Deep Slate Olive, Nile Blue, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 268 of Wada's 348 anchors Light Brown Drab, Raw Sienna, Deep Slate Olive and Nile 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 — Deep Slate Olive on Nile Blue — reaches a contrast ratio of 9.97:1, clearing the WCAG AAA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.