Pompeian Red & Cream Yellow +2

About this combination

Combination 311 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Pompeian Red, Cream Yellow, Dark Greenish Glaucous, Light Green Yellow, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 311 of Wada's 348 anchors Pompeian Red, Cream Yellow, Dark Greenish Glaucous and Light Green Yellow 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 — Pompeian Red on Cream Yellow — reaches a contrast ratio of 4.22:1, usable for large text but not body copy, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.