kanzou-iro　萓草色

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A bright yellowish-orange color. Named after the yellow dye lily flower kanzou 萓草. Kanzou-iro dye was produced by mixing yellow gardenia *kuchinashi 支子 with madder red *akane-iro 茜色 or safflower *beni 紅, or by using a sappanwood *suou 蘇芳 dye mordanted with alum. The color name kanzou-iro has been used since the Heian period and appears in GENJI MONOGATARI 源氏物語 (The Tale of Genji).

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