Showa era · refined · warm · austere

Cinnamon Buff & Light Mauve

Plate 23 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Cinnamon Buff, Light Mauve.

Cinnamon Buff

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Light Mauve

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About this combination

Combination 23 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Cinnamon Buff, Light Mauve, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 23 of Wada's 348 anchors Cinnamon Buff and Light Mauve 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 — Cinnamon Buff on Light Mauve — reaches a contrast ratio of 2.51:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.

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