Rosolanc Purple & Cinnamon Rufous +1

About this combination

Combination 204 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Rosolanc Purple, Cinnamon Rufous, Light Glaucous Blue, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 204 of Wada's 348 anchors Rosolanc Purple, Cinnamon Rufous and Light Glaucous Blue in the pink 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 — Rosolanc Purple on Light Glaucous Blue — reaches a contrast ratio of 2.96:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.