Peach Red & Dark Citrine +2

About this combination

Combination 274 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Peach Red, Dark Citrine, Olympic Blue, Light Mauve, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 274 of Wada's 348 anchors Peach Red, Dark Citrine, Olympic Blue and Light Mauve 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 — Peach Red on Olympic Blue — reaches a contrast ratio of 1.18:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.