Naples Yellow & Peach Red +2

About this combination

Combination 303 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Naples Yellow, Peach Red, Deep Slate Olive, Neutral Gray, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 303 of Wada's 348 anchors Naples Yellow, Peach Red, Deep Slate Olive and Neutral Gray 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 — Naples Yellow on Deep Slate Olive — reaches a contrast ratio of 10.98:1, clearing the WCAG AAA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.