Eugenia Red B
Raw Sienna
Sulphine Yellow
Green Blue

No. 252

4-color combination

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Colors

Raw Sienna

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Green Blue

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Combination No. 252 in use

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Background, surface, text and accent, taken from one of Wada’s combinations.

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Combination No. 252 as a living room

Painted following the 60-30-10 rule: about 60% wall color, 30% for the sofa, 10% for cushions, throw and vase. A fourth color goes to the rug and curtains; otherwise they stay undyed. Floor and ceiling stay neutral; the print shows the whole palette.

Readable text pairs

No pair of colors in this combination reaches a contrast of 3:1, so it is best used without text.

Analysis

Character

Medium & vivid

Lightness 64 (range 60–71)
Colorfulness 0.133

Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).

Harmony

Color wheel with the combination’s hues; distance from the center shows colorfulnessEugenia Red BRaw SiennaSulphine YellowGreen Blue

Complementary

Includes hues from opposite sides of the color wheel.

A heuristic based on the painter’s color wheel. Wada’s combinations often ignore textbook rules, which is part of their appeal.

Temperature

Warm & cool

  • Eugenia Red BWarm
  • Raw SiennaWarm
  • Sulphine YellowWarm
  • Green BlueCool

Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.

Distinctness

ΔE 19

Closest pair ΔE 19.0 · average ΔE 39.4

CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.

Contrast

AaBest text pair: Sulphine Yellow on Eugenia Red B (1.6:1)

ContrastWCAGAPCA Lc
AaAaEugenia Red B · Raw Sienna1.0:1Low0 / 0
AaAaEugenia Red B · Sulphine Yellow1.6:1Low14 / 16
AaAaEugenia Red B · Green Blue1.0:1Low0 / 0
AaAaRaw Sienna · Sulphine Yellow1.5:1Low14 / 15
AaAaRaw Sienna · Green Blue1.0:1Low0 / 0
AaAaSulphine Yellow · Green Blue1.5:1Low15 / 13

WCAG 2 contrast ratio for text, and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for each text/background direction.

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/* Sanzo Wada, combination No. 252 */
:root {
  --eugenia-red-b: #da525d; /* Eugenia Red B */
  --raw-sienna: #bb7125; /* Raw Sienna */
  --sulphine-yellow: #c19f2c; /* Sulphine Yellow */
  --green-blue: #099197; /* Green Blue */
}

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