Burnt Sienna & Orange Yellow +2

About this combination

Combination 286 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Burnt Sienna, Orange Yellow, Peacock Blue, Violet Blue, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 286 of Wada's 348 anchors Burnt Sienna, Orange Yellow, Peacock Blue and Violet Blue in the orange 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 — Orange Yellow on Violet Blue — reaches a contrast ratio of 5.09:1, meeting the WCAG AA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.