About this combination
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 Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations (six volumes; Seigensha Art Publishing 2010 reprint), and in the public domain by age. 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.
Studio
Taking Helvetia Blue & Grayish Lavender - A +1 off the screen
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...onto paper
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...onto a screen you can trust
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...by hand
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Gansai Tambi 24 — Art Nouveau
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