Carmine Red & Violet +1

About this combination

Combination 181 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Carmine Red, Violet, Cotinga Purple, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 181 of Wada's 348 anchors Carmine Red, Violet and Cotinga Purple in the red family — a 3-colour grouping with a solemn, 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 — Carmine Red on Cotinga Purple — reaches a contrast ratio of 2.00:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.