Eosine Pink & Hay's Russet +2

About this combination

Combination 314 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Eosine Pink, Hay's Russet, Deep Lyons Blue, Dusky Madder Violet, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 314 of Wada's 348 anchors Eosine Pink, Hay's Russet, Deep Lyons Blue and Dusky Madder Violet 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 — Eosine Pink on Dusky Madder Violet — reaches a contrast ratio of 5.16:1, meeting the WCAG AA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.