About this combination
Combination 120 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Cameo Pink, Pompeian Red, as documented in the original plates.
Historical context
Plate 120 of Wada's 348 anchors Cameo Pink and Pompeian Red 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 — Cameo Pink on Pompeian Red — reaches a contrast ratio of 3.71:1, usable for large text but not body copy, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.