About this combination
Combination 95 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Hay's Russet, Dull Violet Black, as documented in the original plates.
Historical context
Plate 95 of Wada's 348 anchors Hay's Russet and Dull Violet Black 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 — Hay's Russet on Dull Violet Black — reaches a contrast ratio of 1.95:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.