Indian Lake & Dull Violet Black +2

About this combination

Combination 331 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Indian Lake, Dull Violet Black, Light Mauve, Violet, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 331 of Wada's 348 anchors Indian Lake, Dull Violet Black, Light Mauve and Violet 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 — Dull Violet Black on Light Mauve — reaches a contrast ratio of 4.51:1, meeting the WCAG AA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.