Combination 287
Sanzo Wada · Eosine Pink · Pyrite Yellow · Pale King's Blue · Calamine BLue
Combination 287 is a pastel, colorful color combination of 4 colors, combination 287 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Eosine Pink #F37F94, Pyrite Yellow #CAB356, Pale King'S Blue #A7D4E4, Calamine BLue #78CDD0. No two of its colors make readable body text (best pair 1.59:1). Some colors get hard to tell apart with color blindness (closest pair ΔE00 4.1). All of them print on coated paper (FOGRA39).
Colors converted from the book's printed CMYK by Matt DesLauriers, after Dain M. Blodorn Kim (MIT).
The colors
Best text pair
The quick brown fox#F37F94 on #A7D4E4 · WCAG 1.59:1 · APCA Lc 20.3
Color blindness
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia
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