Coral Red & Scarlet +2

About this combination

Combination 332 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Coral Red, Scarlet, Deep Slate Olive, Dusky Green, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 332 of Wada's 348 anchors Coral Red, Scarlet, Deep Slate Olive and Dusky 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 — Coral Red on Deep Slate Olive — reaches a contrast ratio of 5.90:1, meeting the WCAG AA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.