Cream Yellow & Ecru +2

About this combination

Combination 302 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Cream Yellow, Ecru, Nile Blue, Antwarp Blue, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 302 of Wada's 348 anchors Cream Yellow, Ecru, Nile Blue and Antwarp Blue in the yellow 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 — Nile Blue on Antwarp Blue — reaches a contrast ratio of 4.08:1, usable for large text but not body copy, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.