Cossack Green
Vanderpoel's Blue

No. 5

2-color combination

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Colors

Combination No. 5 in use

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

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Combination No. 5 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

Dark & moderate

Lightness 46 (range 40–52)
Colorfulness 0.090

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

Harmony

Color wheel with the combination’s hues; distance from the center shows colorfulnessCossack GreenVanderpoel's Blue

Analogous

Neighboring hues on 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

Cool

  • Cossack GreenCool
  • Vanderpoel's BlueCool

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

Distinctness

ΔE 37

Closest pair ΔE 36.8 · average ΔE 36.8

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

Contrast

AaBest text pair: Cossack Green on Vanderpoel's Blue (1.7:1)

ContrastWCAGAPCA Lc
AaAaCossack Green · Vanderpoel's Blue1.7:1Low12 / 12

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

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/* Sanzo Wada, combination No. 5 */
:root {
  --cossack-green: #437742; /* Cossack Green */
  --vanderpoels-blue: #064f6e; /* Vanderpoel's Blue */
}

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