About this combination
Combination 103 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Cinnamon Rufous, Dusky Madder Violet, as documented in the original plates.
Historical context
Plate 103 of Wada's 348 anchors Cinnamon Rufous and Dusky Madder Violet in the orange 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 — Cinnamon Rufous on Dusky Madder Violet — reaches a contrast ratio of 3.69:1, usable for large text but not body copy, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.