Rosolanc Purple & Turquoise Green +2

About this combination

Combination 346 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Rosolanc Purple, Turquoise Green, Light Green Yellow, Andover Green, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 346 of Wada's 348 anchors Rosolanc Purple, Turquoise Green, Light Green Yellow and Andover Green in the pink family — a 4-colour grouping with a refined, cool, 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 — Rosolanc Purple on Turquoise Green — reaches a contrast ratio of 3.59:1, usable for large text but not body copy, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.