Grenadine Pink & Cream Yellow +2

About this combination

Combination 300 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Grenadine Pink, Cream Yellow, Turquoise Green, Calamine BLue, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 300 of Wada's 348 anchors Grenadine Pink, Cream Yellow, Turquoise Green and Calamine BLue in the red family — a 4-colour grouping with a serene, 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 — Grenadine Pink on Turquoise Green — reaches a contrast ratio of 1.76:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.