What is the traditional Japanese color "celadon color"?
Celadon color is a clear light green color like the skin of celadon. Celadon, a type of porcelain with a blue-green glaze, began to be produced in earnest in China from the end of the Western Han Dynasty to the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty around the time of Christ. It was introduced to Japan through trade between Japan and the Song Dynasty, and appears in literature from the Heian period as "hishoku" or "ao-ji." It is also written as "ao-ji" in "The Tale of Genji," and it was only after the Meiji period that it came to be called "sei-ji."
Celadon color = Seijiro
The color of celadon can be expressed in a wide range of ways by varying the strength of the yellow or blue hues and the saturation, and it has been called a "secret color" due to its mysterious beauty. "Celadon color" is pronounced "seiji-iro."
DIC Japanese Traditional Colors: R105 G176 B172 #69B0AC/Celadon
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