Brick Red
Red Violet

No. 37

2-color combination

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Colors

Brick Red

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Red Violet

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Combination No. 37 in use

The palette applied to simple layouts. Colors are assigned to roles automatically; try other arrangements.

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Background, surface, text and accent, taken from one of Wada’s combinations.

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Combination No. 37 as a living room

Painted following the 60-30-10 rule: about 60% wall color, 30% for the sofa, 10% for cushions, throw and vase. A fourth color goes to the rug and curtains; otherwise they stay undyed. Floor and ceiling stay neutral; the print shows the whole palette.

Readable text pairs

No pair of colors in this combination reaches a contrast of 3:1, so it is best used without text.

Analysis

Character

Dark & vivid

Lightness 44 (range 37–51)
Colorfulness 0.133

Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).

Harmony

Color wheel with the combination’s hues; distance from the center shows colorfulnessBrick RedRed Violet

Free

No classic color-wheel relationship.

A heuristic based on the painter’s color wheel. Wada’s combinations often ignore textbook rules, which is part of their appeal.

Temperature

Warm & cool

  • Brick RedWarm
  • Red VioletCool

Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.

Distinctness

ΔE 37

Closest pair ΔE 37.3 · average ΔE 37.3

CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.

Contrast

AaBest text pair: Red Violet on Brick Red (1.8:1)

ContrastWCAGAPCA Lc
AaAaBrick Red · Red Violet1.8:1Low13 / 14

WCAG 2 contrast ratio for text, and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for each text/background direction.

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/* Sanzo Wada, combination No. 37 */
:root {
  --brick-red: #a84222; /* Brick Red */
  --red-violet: #59256a; /* Red Violet */
}

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