Hermosa Pink & Pansy Purple +2

About this combination

Combination 273 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Hermosa Pink, Pansy Purple, Sudan Brown, Neutral Gray, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 273 of Wada's 348 anchors Hermosa Pink, Pansy Purple, Sudan Brown and Neutral Gray 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 — Hermosa Pink on Pansy Purple — reaches a contrast ratio of 6.69:1, meeting the WCAG AA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.