Grenadine Pink & Cossack Green +2

About this combination

Combination 341 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Grenadine Pink, Cossack Green, Deep Slate Olive, Light Glaucous Blue, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 341 of Wada's 348 anchors Grenadine Pink, Cossack Green, Deep Slate Olive and Light Glaucous Blue 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 — Deep Slate Olive on Light Glaucous Blue — reaches a contrast ratio of 7.65:1, clearing the WCAG AAA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.