Light Brownish Olive & Blackish Olive +2

About this combination

Combination 318 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Light Brownish Olive, Blackish Olive, Dusky Green, Deep Slate Green, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 318 of Wada's 348 anchors Light Brownish Olive, Blackish Olive, Dusky Green and Deep Slate Green in the yellow family — a 4-colour grouping with a solemn, 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 — Light Brownish Olive on Deep Slate Green — reaches a contrast ratio of 2.90:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.