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Japanese Color Names

NOTE: "Iro" means color.

Shu-iro Like cinnabar. The color of blood. The color of Torii, a gateway to a Shinto shrine is colored Shu-iro.	Beni-iro Like crimson. "Beni" meant rouge in Japanese in the past.
Botan-iro The color of a peony.	Cosmos-iro The color of a cosmos.
Sakura-iro The color of a cherry blossom.	Suna-iro The color of sand.
Yamabuki-iro The color of a kerria.	Wakanae-iro The color of a young rice plant.
Kusa-iro The color of a grassy plain.	Asagi-iro The color of a skin of a green onion.
Mizu-iro The color of water.	Sora-iro The color of the sky.
Nasu-iro The color of an eggplant.	Sumire-iro The color of a violet.
Fuji-iro The color of a wisteria.