Raw Sienna & Carmine Red +1

About this combination

Combination 130 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Raw Sienna, Carmine Red, Violet, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 130 of Wada's 348 anchors Raw Sienna, Carmine Red and Violet in the orange family — a 3-colour grouping with a refined, warm 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 — Raw Sienna on Violet — reaches a contrast ratio of 2.28:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.