Pale Lemon Yellow & Orange +2

About this combination

Combination 272 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Pale Lemon Yellow, Orange, Turquoise Green, Salvia Blue, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 272 of Wada's 348 anchors Pale Lemon Yellow, Orange, Turquoise Green and Salvia Blue in the yellow 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 — Pale Lemon Yellow on Orange — reaches a contrast ratio of 2.48:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.