What is the traditional Japanese color "green"?
It refers to the deep green color of lush tree leaves and is one of the three primary colors of light. This color name has been used since ancient times, and was dyed by layering the blue of dewdrops and the yellow of kariyasu or obaku. The first appearance of "midori" was in the "System of Seven Colors and Thirteen Ranks of Official Ranks" of the third year of the Taika era (647), and the Yoro Clothing Order designated "deep green" as the color of the sixth rank of official rank. While cool colors are generally called "ao," a particularly deep green is expressed as "sonidori no ao" (sunidori blue), a reference to the color of the jadeite (鵗鳥) feathers, and there is a theory that this is the origin of the Japanese name "midori." The color "midori," derived from the kingfisher, only appeared after the Meiji period.
Green = Midori
In modern times, "green" is a general term for a wide range of greens, but traditionally it refers to a dark green, and the JIS standard for "green" is considered a slightly brighter color. "Green" is pronounced "midori."
DIC Traditional Japanese Color: R34 G125 B81 #227D51/Green
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