Light Green Yellow & Sea Green +2

About this combination

Combination 291 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Light Green Yellow, Sea Green, Cobalt Green, Calamine BLue, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 291 of Wada's 348 anchors Light Green Yellow, Sea Green, Cobalt Green and Calamine 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 — Light Green Yellow on Sea Green — reaches a contrast ratio of 1.58:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.