What is the traditional Japanese color "Rose color"?
The deep, lustrous black color, similar to black lacquer, is called roiro-nuri, a lacquering technique used in lacquer crafts. Raw lacquer is refined and applied as is without diluting it with oil or other substances, and after applying the top coat, it is carefully polished with charcoal and given a glossy finish with rapeseed oil and horn powder, resulting in a glossy, almost wet-looking luster. This color also appears in Kawatake Shinshichi's kabuki play, "Azuma no Kata Fifty-three Stations" (1854), where it is depicted as the color of elegant furnishings decorated with gold maki-e on a black background.
Waxy color = Roiro
The "ro" in "roiro" is said to be the Chinese character meaning "luster." The deep luster that is created by repeatedly polishing the lacquer reflects the surroundings like a mirror, and has been called "the moon in the lacquer" since ancient times. "Roiro" is pronounced "roiro."
DIC Traditional Japanese Colors: R12 G12 B12 #0C0C0C / Waxy Color
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