About this combination
Combination 37 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Brick Red, Red Violet, as documented in the original plates.
Historical context
Plate 37 of Wada's 348 anchors Brick Red and Red Violet in the red family — a 2-colour grouping with a solemn, 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 — Brick Red on Red Violet — reaches a contrast ratio of 1.83:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.