About this combination
Combination 18 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Fawn, Dusky Madder Violet, as documented in the original plates.
Historical context
Plate 18 of Wada's 348 anchors Fawn and Dusky Madder Violet in the red family — a 2-colour grouping with a refined, warm, 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 — Fawn on Dusky Madder Violet — reaches a contrast ratio of 6.53:1, meeting the WCAG AA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.