Colors / Blue in Japan / Ainezu
Ainezu
藍鼠 · あいねず · “Mousy indigo”
Indigo shading into mouse grey — a dark, subdued blue-grey with a cool cast. The name pairs ai, the indigo dye-blue, with nezumi grey, placing the color between dye-vat blue and quiet ash.
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white 4.47 AA Large black 4.70 AA
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ja.wikipedia #5E7C85 · en.wikipedia #5C544E
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The namesake
藍染め 布 — what the name literally points to.
