Eugenia Red | B & Sulpher Yellow +2

About this combination

Combination 270 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Eugenia Red | B, Sulpher Yellow, Olive Green, Cossack Green, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 270 of Wada's 348 anchors Eugenia Red | B, Sulpher Yellow, Olive Green and Cossack Green 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 — Sulpher Yellow on Cossack Green — reaches a contrast ratio of 4.46:1, usable for large text but not body copy, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.