What is the traditional Japanese color "Yomogi-iro" (mugwort color)?
The gentle green color reminiscent of the beginning of spring is a traditional color called mugwort green. The name comes from the color of mugwort leaves, which spread their soft green leaves before other plants in fields where remnants of winter still remain. In spring, it can be seen growing naturally all over Japan, and it has been a familiar plant to people since ancient times. Mugwort has a distinctive fragrance and has been used as medicine to relieve bruises and stomach aches, as well as being eaten as mugwort mochi, among other uses in daily life.
Yomogi-iro (yomogi color)
Mugwort is a perennial plant belonging to the Asteraceae family, and its Japanese name is "mugwort." The young leaves are used as an ingredient in dishes such as kusa mochi (mugwort rice cakes), and the dried leaves are also used as a raw material for moxa in moxibustion. "Yomogi-iro" is pronounced "yomogi-iro."
DIC Traditional Japanese Colors: C51 M0 Y30 K40 / R75 G153 B107 / Yomogi-iro (Mugwort Green)
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