Lemon Yellow & Benzol Green +2

About this combination

Combination 306 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Lemon Yellow, Benzol Green, Dull Viridian Green, Nile Blue, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 306 of Wada's 348 anchors Lemon Yellow, Benzol Green, Dull Viridian Green and Nile Blue in the yellow family — a 4-colour grouping with a refined, cool, 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 — Lemon Yellow on Dull Viridian Green — reaches a contrast ratio of 3.17:1, usable for large text but not body copy, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.