koki-iro 濃色
KEY WORD : art history / paintings
 
Lit. deep colour. A colour name used since the Heian period to refer to a shade of dark purple, or occasionally dark red. A pale purple colour was known as usu-iro 薄色 (pale colour).
 
 

 
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