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Miru-iro

海松色 · みるいろ · “''Codium fragile'' seaweed color”

Miru-iro takes its name from miru, the green seaweed Codium fragile: a grayed, murky yellow-green, as subdued as the alga adrift in shaded water.

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ミル 海藻 — what the name literally points to.

green seaweed codium underwater
green seaweed codium underwater
green seaweed codium underwater