Spinel Red & Dark Medici Blue +1

About this combination

Combination 224 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Spinel Red, Dark Medici Blue, Taupe Brown, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 224 of Wada's 348 anchors Spinel Red, Dark Medici Blue and Taupe Brown 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 — Spinel Red on Taupe Brown — reaches a contrast ratio of 2.72:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.