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Kamenozoki

瓶覗 · かめのぞき · “Inside of a bottle”

The palest of indigo blues, from cloth dipped only briefly in the dye vat — as if it had merely "peeked into the jar," as the name has it. A whisper of ai.

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ja.wikipedia #C5E4ED · en.wikipedia #C6C2B6
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Harmonies within the tradition

Complementary and triadic companions, chosen from real traditional colors — not computed values.

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The namesake

藍染め 甕 淡藍 — what the name literally points to.

pale indigo dyed cloth
pale indigo dyed cloth
pale indigo dyed cloth