Ivory Buff & English Red +1

About this combination

Combination 190 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Ivory Buff, English Red, Black, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 190 of Wada's 348 anchors Ivory Buff, English Red and Black in the yellow 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 Black — reaches a contrast ratio of 12.75:1, clearing the WCAG AAA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.