Spectrum Red & Ivory Buff +2

About this combination

Combination 266 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Spectrum Red, Ivory Buff, Rainette Green, Benzol Green, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 266 of Wada's 348 anchors Spectrum Red, Ivory Buff, Rainette Green and Benzol Green in the red family — a 4-colour grouping with a refined, warm, bold 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 — Spectrum Red on Ivory Buff — reaches a contrast ratio of 3.20:1, usable for large text but not body copy, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.