About this combination
Combination 50 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Ivory Buff, Dusky Madder Violet, as documented in the original plates.
Historical context
Plate 50 of Wada's 348 anchors Ivory Buff and Dusky Madder Violet in the yellow 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 — Ivory Buff on Dusky Madder Violet — reaches a contrast ratio of 8.96:1, clearing the WCAG AAA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.