Spinel Red & Rosolanc Purple +2

About this combination

Combination 277 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Spinel Red, Rosolanc Purple, Olive, Dull Violet Black, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 277 of Wada's 348 anchors Spinel Red, Rosolanc Purple, Olive and Dull Violet Black 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 — Spinel Red on Dull Violet Black — reaches a contrast ratio of 6.38:1, meeting the WCAG AA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.