Vandyke Red & Yellow Orange +2

About this combination

Combination 335 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Vandyke Red, Yellow Orange, Violet, Slate Color, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 335 of Wada's 348 anchors Vandyke Red, Yellow Orange, Violet and Slate Color 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 — Yellow Orange on Slate Color — reaches a contrast ratio of 4.69:1, meeting the WCAG AA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.