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Nisemurasaki

似せ紫 · にせむらさき · “Fake purple”

Nisemurasaki declares itself frankly: 'imitation purple.' The name marks it as a stand-in for true murasaki, and the color is accordingly a deep red-brown in which purple is more implied than present.

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white 13.78 AAA black 1.52 ×
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Photo in the hue of Nisemurasaki
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