About this combination
Combination 19 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Mars Brown Tobacco, Night Green, as documented in the original plates.
Historical context
Plate 19 of Wada's 348 anchors Mars Brown Tobacco and Night Green in the orange 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 — Mars Brown Tobacco on Night Green — reaches a contrast ratio of 4.87:1, meeting the WCAG AA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.