[Explanation of a color]

The Kodaimurasaki, slightly reddish, it is a dull purple. Has been dyed in lithospermi radix-dyed by the roots of perennial that Murasakikusa, it is the color name that was assigned to the flashy purple tinged the epidemic was bluish in the Edo era was called “now purple”.
There is also a theory that to be the same as “KyoMurasaki” but, generally KyoMurasaki will be a little more vivid color.

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