About this combination
Combination 56 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Grayish Lavender - B, Violet, as documented in the original plates.
Historical context
Plate 56 of Wada's 348 anchors Grayish Lavender - B and Violet in the neutral 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 — Grayish Lavender - B on Violet — reaches a contrast ratio of 3.97:1, usable for large text but not body copy, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.