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Kitsune-iro

狐色 · きつねいろ · “Fox-color”

Fox color — the light tan-brown of the animal's coat, and in the kitchen, the byword for food cooked to exactly the right shade: golden, toasted, never burnt.

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ja.wikipedia #C48847 · en.wikipedia #985629
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Harmonies within the tradition

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

Ao 緑青 Rokushō 江戸紫 Edomurasaki

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The namesake

キツネ — what the name literally points to.

red fox fur
red fox fur
red fox fur