Raw Sienna & Turquoise Green +2

About this combination

Combination 293 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Raw Sienna, Turquoise Green, Artemesia Green, Green, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 293 of Wada's 348 anchors Raw Sienna, Turquoise Green, Artemesia Green and Green 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 — Raw Sienna on Turquoise Green — reaches a contrast ratio of 2.60:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.