Carmine Red & Buffy Citrine +1

About this combination

Combination 233 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Carmine Red, Buffy Citrine, Violet Blue, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 233 of Wada's 348 anchors Carmine Red, Buffy Citrine and Violet Blue 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 — Buffy Citrine on Violet Blue — reaches a contrast ratio of 2.58:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.