Pinkish Cinnamon & Apricot Yellow +2

About this combination

Combination 305 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Pinkish Cinnamon, Apricot Yellow, Citron Yellow, Turquoise Green, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 305 of Wada's 348 anchors Pinkish Cinnamon, Apricot Yellow, Citron Yellow and Turquoise 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 — Apricot Yellow on Citron Yellow — reaches a contrast ratio of 1.60:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.