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Showa era · solemn · warm

Carmine & Dusky Green +1

Plate 225 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Carmine, Dusky Green, Dark Slate Purple.

Carmine

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Dusky Green

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Dark Slate Purple

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About this combination

Combination 225 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Carmine, Dusky Green, Dark Slate Purple, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 225 of Wada's 348 anchors Carmine, Dusky Green and Dark Slate 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 on Dusky Green — reaches a contrast ratio of 1.68:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.

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