[Explanation of a color]

The yamamomo-iro, it is a bright cool tan. Yangmei in evergreen Takagi of bayberry family bayberry genus, give a vivid burgundy sweet and sour fruit edible. However, Yangmei color is not a color of this real. What was dried bark is called “Momokawa”, is one of the typical dyed material of brown than ancient, in fact it has been used for a long time than the color name of “brown”. Yangmei color is per the color of the cloth that has been dyed by mixing alum to this dyed material. By the way, it was dyed in the use of iron salts to “focus Brown”.
From the fact that tea system was popular in the Edo era, seems Yangmei skin was used widely.

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