Pale Lemon Yellow & Benzol Green +2

About this combination

Combination 281 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Pale Lemon Yellow, Benzol Green, Cobalt Green, Antwarp Blue, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 281 of Wada's 348 anchors Pale Lemon Yellow, Benzol Green, Cobalt Green and Antwarp Blue in the yellow family — a 4-colour grouping with a refined, cool, 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 Antwarp Blue — reaches a contrast ratio of 4.84:1, meeting the WCAG AA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.