About this combination
Combination 9 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Violet Red, Dull Blue Violet, as documented in the original plates.
Historical context
Plate 9 of Wada's 348 anchors Violet Red and Dull Blue Violet in the pink family — a 2-colour grouping with a refined, austere 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 — Violet Red on Dull Blue Violet — reaches a contrast ratio of 2.30:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.