What is the traditional Japanese color "Gin-nezumi" (silver gray)?
Silver gray is a bluish, light gray that evokes the metallic sheen of silver. It is a cool, crisp color, and in the "Tegami Moyo Setsuyo" (a handbook of patterns), it is described as "tin color, also called silver gray in modern times." In the "Five Colors of Ink," which shows the shades of ink in five stages—burnt, dark, heavy, light, and blue—it is classified as a "light" skin tone, and is also called tin color because of its resemblance to tin. It was also popular during the Meiji era, and in the June 1897 issue of the magazine "Miyako no Hana" (Flowers of the Capital), it was introduced as a color popular among "ladies" after the First Sino-Japanese War.
Silver-gray = ginnezu
Rats have long been known as creatures that eat household grains, and they also appear in the Chinese zodiac. Because they move quickly, they are also considered a symbol of "many offspring" and have been cherished as a good luck charm for business prosperity. "Ginnezumi" is pronounced "ginnezu".
DIC Traditional Japanese Colors: R145 G152 B159 #91989F / Ginnezumi (Silver Gray)
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