[Explanation of a color]

The Wakamidori is a bright, shallow yellow-green color like the fresh young leaves of a pine tree. This color name has been used since the Edo period (1603-1868). Wakamidori” is a seasonal term for late spring and originally referred to “pine shoots,” but it seems to have become established as a color name along with its hue.

Incidentally, “Oimidori,” the color of the leaves of old pine trees, is the counterpart of “Wakamidori.

Waka” and “Oi” are modifiers used to describe the green color of plants and trees, with “Waka” being “bright” and “vivid” and “Oi” being “dull,” “dull” and “dark.

However, there are not so many color names with “Oi”, so the only other counterparts like “Wakamidori” and “Oimidori” are “Wakatake” and “Oitake”.

The only other colors that are related to fresh green like “Wakamidori” are “Moegi-iro,” “Wakakusa-iro,” and “Wakame-iro,” all of which are more yellowish and vivid in color compared to young green.

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