Fawn & Scarlet +2

About this combination

Combination 308 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Fawn, Scarlet, English Red, Cobalt Green, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 308 of Wada's 348 anchors Fawn, Scarlet, English Red and Cobalt Green in the red 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 — Scarlet on Cobalt Green — reaches a contrast ratio of 2.98:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.