Combination 218 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Helvetia Blue, Grayish Lavender - A, Deep Violet / Plumbeous, as documented in the original plates.
Historical context
Plate 218 of Wada's 348 anchors Helvetia Blue, Grayish Lavender - A and Deep Violet / Plumbeous in the blue family —
a 3-colour grouping with a refined, cool 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 — Helvetia Blue on Grayish Lavender - A — reaches a
contrast ratio of 3.56:1, usable for large text but not body copy, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.
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