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Benikakehana-iro

紅掛花色 · べにかけはないろ · “Safflower color”

Benikakehana-iro literally describes beni — safflower red — laid over hana-iro, flower blue. True to that recipe of a name, the shade is a muted violet in which red and blue hold each other in balance.

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