About this combination
Combination 51 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Carmine Red, Blue, as documented in the original plates.
Historical context
Plate 51 of Wada's 348 anchors Carmine Red and Blue 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 — Carmine Red on Blue — reaches a contrast ratio of 1.29:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.