Pompeian Red & Olympic Blue +2

About this combination

Combination 324 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Pompeian Red, Olympic Blue, Aconite Violet, Neutral Gray, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 324 of Wada's 348 anchors Pompeian Red, Olympic Blue, Aconite Violet and Neutral Gray 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 Neutral Gray — reaches a contrast ratio of 3.68:1, usable for large text but not body copy, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.