Eugenia Red | B & Maple +2

About this combination

Combination 282 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Eugenia Red | B, Maple, Cobalt Green, Lilac, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 282 of Wada's 348 anchors Eugenia Red | B, Maple, Cobalt Green and Lilac 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 — Eugenia Red | B on Cobalt Green — reaches a contrast ratio of 2.24:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.