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Re:Nippon Colors by TehCorwiz on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @10:48AM (#22803682)
Named Japanese colors arranged by their similarity to each other.
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Re:Nippon Colors by simplicio on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @11:22AM (#22804038)
What's a "Japanese color"? Like, just the names are given in japanese or colors that appear frequently in Japanese media, or?
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Re:Nippon Colors by propinquity on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @11:41AM (#22804205)
They are colors traditionally used in Japanese art.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_colors_of_Japan

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Re:Nippon Colors by neilpa on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @12:36PM (#22804737)
They cite what looks like this book in the footer

https://www.amazon.com/Traditional-Colors-Japan-Japanese/dp/...

Although it references a 2007 edition.

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