Spinel Red & Ivory Buff +1

About this combination

Combination 184 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Spinel Red, Ivory Buff, Light Grayish Olive, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 184 of Wada's 348 anchors Spinel Red, Ivory Buff and Light Grayish Olive 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 — Ivory Buff on Light Grayish Olive — reaches a contrast ratio of 2.74:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.