Colors / Brown in Japan
Brown in Japan 茶
Edo sumptuary law banned flash, so the townspeople perfected restraint: 'forty-eight browns and a hundred grays.' Tea browns, sparrow browns, clove browns — each named nuance was a quiet act of style under regulation.
34 named colors, dark to light:
黒檀
Kokutan
憲法染
Kenpōzome
千歳茶
Sensaicha
藍媚茶
Aikobicha
海松茶
Mirucha
羊羹色
Yōkaniro
憲法色
Kenpōiro
鶯茶
Uguisucha
茶色
Chairo
焦茶
Kogecha
消炭色
Keshizumiiro
唐茶
Karacha
銀煤竹
Kinsusutake
媚茶
Kobicha
煎茶色
Sencha-iro
菜種油色
Nataneyu-iro
国防色
Kokubōshoku
肥後煤竹
Higosusutake
樺茶
Kabacha
黄海松茶
Kimirucha
柴染
Fushizome
素鼠
Sunezumi
朽葉色
Kuchiba-iro
利休茶
Rikyūcha
路考茶
Rokōcha
礪茶
Tonocha
団十郎茶
Danjūrōcha
黄櫨染
Kōrozen
丁子染
Chōjizome
樺色/蒲色
Kabairo
枇杷茶
Biwacha
青朽葉
Aokuchiba
黄唐茶
Kigaracha
飴色
Ameiro