What is the traditional Japanese color "warbler color"?
Uguisu-iro is a striking color with a dull light green color like the feathers of a Japanese bush warbler. According to "Secret Dyeing Techniques," white bean juice was used as a base, and kariyasu and alum were used to fix the color. The custom of using bird names for color names became common after the Middle Ages, which also shows the passage of time. Uguisu-iro is said to have existed since the Edo period as a traditional color that is modest yet evokes the richness of nature, but it is said that it began to attract the attention of the general public in the late Meiji period.
Warbler color = Uguisuiro
The Japanese bush warbler is a bird that symbolizes spring in Japan, and its song is also called the "spring messenger bird" and is loved as the sound that announces the arrival of spring. "Uguisu-iro" is pronounced "uguisu-iro."
DIC Japanese Traditional Colors: R108 G106 B45 #6C6A2D / Uguisuiro (light-green)
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