Etruscan Red & Cinnamon Buff +1

About this combination

Combination 137 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Etruscan Red, Cinnamon Buff, Pistachio Green, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 137 of Wada's 348 anchors Etruscan Red, Cinnamon Buff and Pistachio Green in the red 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 — Etruscan Red on Cinnamon Buff — reaches a contrast ratio of 2.86:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.