Indian Lake & Vinaceous Cinnamon +2

About this combination

Combination 299 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Indian Lake, Vinaceous Cinnamon, Oil Green, Antwarp Blue, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 299 of Wada's 348 anchors Indian Lake, Vinaceous Cinnamon, Oil Green and Antwarp 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 — Vinaceous Cinnamon on Antwarp Blue — reaches a contrast ratio of 2.80:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.