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Susutake-iro
煤竹色 · すすたけいろ · “Weathered bamboo (lit. "sooty")”
Susutake-iro is the color of bamboo sooted by smoke — a dark reddish brown carrying the quiet, weathered character of long exposure to the hearth.
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white 7.10 AAA black 2.96 ×
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ja.wikipedia #6F514C · en.wikipedia #593A27
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The namesake
煤竹 古民家の竹 — what the name literally points to.
