Raw Sienna & Pale Burnt Lake +2

About this combination

Combination 269 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Raw Sienna, Pale Burnt Lake, Aconite Violet, Black, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 269 of Wada's 348 anchors Raw Sienna, Pale Burnt Lake, Aconite Violet and Black in the orange family — a 4-colour grouping with a solemn, 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 — Raw Sienna on Black — reaches a contrast ratio of 4.88:1, meeting the WCAG AA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.