Etruscan Red & Ecru +2

About this combination

Combination 275 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Etruscan Red, Ecru, Madder Brown, Taupe Brown, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 275 of Wada's 348 anchors Etruscan Red, Ecru, Madder Brown and Taupe Brown 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 — Ecru on Madder Brown — reaches a contrast ratio of 4.56:1, meeting the WCAG AA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.