Grenadine Pink & Sulpher Yellow +2

About this combination

Combination 315 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Grenadine Pink, Sulpher Yellow, Golden Yellow, Eupatorium Purple, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 315 of Wada's 348 anchors Grenadine Pink, Sulpher Yellow, Golden Yellow and Eupatorium Purple 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 — Sulpher Yellow on Eupatorium Purple — reaches a contrast ratio of 3.51:1, usable for large text but not body copy, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.