Seashell Pink & Olive +2

About this combination

Combination 334 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Seashell Pink, Olive, Yellow Green, Antwarp Blue, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 334 of Wada's 348 anchors Seashell Pink, Olive, Yellow Green and Antwarp Blue in the orange 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 — Seashell Pink on Antwarp Blue — reaches a contrast ratio of 4.07:1, usable for large text but not body copy, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.