Eosine Pink & Pyrite Yellow +2

About this combination

Combination 287 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Eosine Pink, Pyrite Yellow, Pale King's Blue, Calamine BLue, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 287 of Wada's 348 anchors Eosine Pink, Pyrite Yellow, Pale King's Blue and Calamine BLue 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 — Eosine Pink on Pale King's Blue — reaches a contrast ratio of 1.59:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.