薄柳(うすやなぎ)とは？：伝統色のいろは

色の名前Japan Color Name	薄柳（うすやなぎ）
ローマ字Romanized	Usuyanagi
RGB	R:224 G:231 B:170
CMYK	C:13 M:00 Y:40 K:05
Web カラーHex triplet
誕辰色	4月21日

色の説明

薄柳（うすやなぎ）とは、春の日差しを受けた柳（やなぎ）の若葉のような淡い黄緑色のことです。江戸時代に登場した『柳染（やなぎぞめ）』の派生色。薄く染めた柳染で春の淡い柳の葉を表現した色だと思われます。

柳は、ヤナギ科ヤナギ属の樹木の総称。日本には約30種類のヤナギ属の種が存在しますが、一般に「柳」と言えば細長い葉を垂らした『枝垂柳（しだれやなぎ）』を指します。これは枝垂柳が古くから街路樹として用いられてきたため馴染み深いからでしょう。また江戸時代には水辺、水路沿いの護岸の意味でよく植えられてきました。

柳は春の季語にもなっているように、葉がまだ瑞々しい頃が特に美しく、春風に細く垂れ下がった無数の枝がゆらぐさまは、思わず見入ってしまうほど幻想的な景色です。

そんな春の柳を表現した『薄柳』ですが『凶色』とも言われています。これは『薄柳』の淡く儚い色合いと江戸の頃より柳といえば幽霊がつきものということが関係があるのかもしれません。

-読み：うすやなぎ-

柳に関連する色の紹介

[Explanation of a color]

The Usuyanagi, is a pale yellow-green, such as the young leaves of the willow willow which has received the spring sunshine. In thin, dyed Yanagisome derived color “Yanagizome” which appeared in the Edo era, it seems that it is the color representing the leaves of pale of spring willow.

Willow, generic name of Salicaceae Salix trees. In Japan, there are about 30 kinds of Salix species, but it refers to the general was hanging an elongated leaf Speaking of “willow” to “weeping willow”. This is probably because familiar for which has been used as street trees from the weeping willow is old. The Edo period also has been planted well waterside, in the sense of the seawall along the waterway.

As willow has also become a spring of season words, it leaves still is especially beautiful time fresh, thin droopy countless branches fluctuate customers in the spring breeze is fantastic scenery enough to involuntarily staring.

“Usuyanagi” as expressed such a view has been said to be evil color, but this is not maybe there is the relationship that the inherent ghosts Speaking of willow than the days of Edo.

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