Combination 316

Sanzo Wada · Vandyke Red · Dull Viridian Green · Violet · Red Violet

Combination 316 is a colorful color combination of 4 colors, combination 316 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Vandyke Red #82241F, Dull Viridian Green #009465, Violet #4F4086, Red Violet #59256A. No two of its colors make readable body text (best pair 2.86:1). Some colors get hard to tell apart with color blindness (closest pair ΔE00 5.4). All of them print on coated paper (FOGRA39).

colorful

Colors converted from the book's printed CMYK by Matt DesLauriers, after Dain M. Blodorn Kim (MIT).

The colors

CMYK: Coated FOGRA39

Color	RGB	OKLCH	CMYK
#82241F Vandyke Red	130 36 31	(0.4091 0.1294 27.5)	30/94/86/38
#009465 Dull Viridian Green	0 148 101	(0.5892 0.1290 162.1)	82/16/73/2
#4F4086 Violet	79 64 134	(0.4230 0.1127 290.6)	82/83/12/2
#59256A Red Violet	89 37 106	(0.3707 0.1235 316.9)	77/99/22/12