Eugenia Red | B & Naples Yellow +2

About this combination

Combination 325 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Eugenia Red | B, Naples Yellow, Yellow Ocher, Deep Slate Green, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 325 of Wada's 348 anchors Eugenia Red | B, Naples Yellow, Yellow Ocher and Deep Slate Green 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 — Naples Yellow on Deep Slate Green — reaches a contrast ratio of 11.54:1, clearing the WCAG AAA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.