Cinnamon Buff & Light Mauve +1

About this combination

Combination 180 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Cinnamon Buff, Light Mauve, Neutral Gray, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 180 of Wada's 348 anchors Cinnamon Buff, Light Mauve and Neutral Gray 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 — Cinnamon Buff on Light Mauve — reaches a contrast ratio of 2.51:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.