Ochraceous Salmon & English Red +2

About this combination

Combination 339 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Ochraceous Salmon, English Red, Light Glaucous Blue, Violet Blue, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 339 of Wada's 348 anchors Ochraceous Salmon, English Red, Light Glaucous Blue and Violet 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 — Light Glaucous Blue on Violet Blue — reaches a contrast ratio of 5.17:1, meeting the WCAG AA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.