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2021.09.07
By Sakuan Izumi
"Tell me your favorite color."
"Well, it would be the color nando."
"What kind a color it that? Give me something simpler like red or green."
"I also like the color of baiko."
"Really? Forget about it. I cannot color-assess you if I don’t know your favorite color."
【Edo Color Scheme】
Since the Edo period was status-oriented, ordinary citizens were prohibited from wearing luxurious fashion. Without breaking the wide restrictions on materials and colors, they devised different colors using variations of permitted plain colors, called shijūhatchahyakunezumi.
