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Sumi-iro
墨色 · すみいろ · “Ink color”
Sumi-iro is the grayish black of sumi ink — softer and more atmospheric than absolute black, with the slight gray breath of diluted ink about it.
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white 12.45 AAA black 1.69 ×
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ja.wikipedia #343434 · en.wikipedia #27221F
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墨 硯 書道 — what the name literally points to.
