Japanese Color Atlas
巻一 · ROLL ONEA handscroll atlas
日本色譜

Japanese Color Atlas — Traditional Japanese Color Names

An unrolling catalogue of traditional Japanese pigments — read right to left, season by season. 81 records, expanding only when sources justify it.

SOURCE-AWAREDIGITAL APPROX.
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SPECIMEN Nº 014春
色桜
桜色
さくらいろ
Sakura-iro
#F1C6C1VIEW →
SPECIMEN Nº 057夏
色藍
藍色
あいいろ
Ai-iro
#264653VIEW →
SPECIMEN Nº 098秋
色吹山
山吹色
やまぶきいろ
Yamabuki-iro
#D8A431VIEW →
SPECIMEN Nº 172冬
色墨
墨色
すみいろ
Sumi-iro
#1B1B1BVIEW →
巻二 · ROLL TWOLookup · 索引

What color do you need a word for?

Type the name, the word, or the feeling. The atlas matches by hex, family, season, and source.

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SPRING COLORSINDIGO FAMILYEARTH & SOILBLACK PIGMENTSCOURT ROBES
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巻三 · ROLL THREEFour seasons · 四季

The year, in pigment.

桜SAKURA · #F1C6C1撫子NADESHIKO · #E8B8C5藤FUJI · #A899C7白緑BYAKUROKU · #B8D2C0生成KINARI · #E8DDCB
春
SPRING
藍AI · #264653浅葱ASAGI · #5F9EA0紺KON · #19313D抹茶MATCHA · #7A8B55白練SHIRONERI · #F4EFE6
夏
SUMMER
紅BENI · #B33A3A山吹YAMABUKI · #D8A431朽葉KUCHIBA · #8B5A2B茶CHA · #6B4C2A焦茶KOGECHA · #3B2A1E
秋
AUTUMN
墨SUMI · #1B1B1B白練SHIRONERI · #F4EFE6鈍NIBI · #7C7A73紫MURASAKI · #6B4C7A鼠NEZUMI · #A8A49B
冬
WINTER
奥書 · COLOPHONEnd of roll

Published by Chroma Cathay.

A studio publishing source-aware color atlases. Japanese Color Atlas is Volume II — sister to the Chinese Color Atlas, the Architecture Color Atlas, and the Photo Palette Extractor.

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