[Explanation of a color]

The Suzumecha is reddish brown like sparrow’s head color. As its name suggests, it is “brown” derived from the color of the wing of the sparrow’s head and “Suzume-iro” derived from the sparrow’s feather color is the same color. However, there is also the theory that “Suzume-iro” is pale reddish, and its boundary is ambiguous as a dyeing color.

In the Edo era, brownish and gray series colors prevailed as “Shijuhacha-hyakunezu”, so you can re-name “Cha” to ancient color names like “Kaba-iro” and “Kabach” , It was enough to attach “Nezu” “Cha” to a color like “Umenezu” which is neither brown nor gray in color. “Suzumecha” is also believed to be the color that was born this time.

However, as there is no description about the dyeing of “Suzumecha” in the literature of the Edo era, color names generally came to be used since Meiji era.

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