White green (byakuroku)White green (byakuroku)

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2024.3.21

Can you read? Is Japan's traditional color ``white green'' black? Shiromidori? It is not read as










What is Japan's traditional color "white green"?




The color name white means pale, and white-green is a pale green color with a whitish tinge. The raw material is a rock patina made by crushing the mineral malachite. The color of mineral pigments made by grinding this powder with water is called opal green in English. According to the Shosoin Documents, a document kept in the Shosoin Treasury of Todaiji Temple in Nara Prefecture, white-green has been used to color Buddhist statues and paintings since the Nara period.





White green = Byakuroku

 

In China's Qing Dynasty colored print picture book, ``Puspic Garden Pictorial History,'' it says ``head green, two greens, three greens,'' and head green is said to be white green. ``White Green'' is read as Byakuroku.







R168G216B185 #A8D8B9/White green (Byakuroku)




What is “Learn about Japan’s traditional colors”?
We will also introduce beautiful traditional Japanese colors, how to read their kanji, and the background behind the colors. Let's enjoy together the Japanese sensibilities that have been passed down since ancient times.

 

 


Reference books: “Beautiful Japanese Traditional Colors” published by PIE International, “365 Days of Poons Illustrated Book” written by Reki Seikatsu and published by Genkosha

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