January 6
Birthday Color: Budounezumi
#705B67 · rgb(112, 91, 103) · hsl(326, 10%, 40%) · CMYK(0,19,8,56)
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Zodiac: Capricorn ♑
Color words & personality
Budounezumi is the birthday color for January 6. In this system it belongs to a family read as gentle and perceptive. Its color words point to softness with a spine: you are kind on purpose, not because you couldn't say no. In print, this color shows a modest saturation that settles gently. Colors propose; they do not decide. Your own reading is the final one.
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Birth flower, star, fish & fruit of January 6
Birth star
Mekbuda
Star words: pulsing paw, repose and motion
Gemini · ζ Gem · mag 4.01 — Culminates around midnight
Birth flower
Viola
Meaning: sincere, small happiness
Peak: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr
Viola is the January 6 flower: smaller than the pansy it is often mistaken for, with a more delicate face and a habit of seeding itself into cracks. Hanakotoba gives it sincere and small happiness, the right scale for a plant this size. January to April is its peak season. The date's color is Budounezumi (#705B67), a dusky grape gray whose color word is softness with a spine. Stubborn underneath.
The sky has a heartbeat on January 6: Mekbuda, in Gemini, is a Cepheid variable whose light swells and fades over about ten days — astronomers have used stars like it as cosmic yardsticks. Its Arabic name means 'the folded paw,' and its star words are pulsing paw, repose and motion. It culminates near midnight. The companion color is Budounezumi (#705B67), a grape-tinted gray whose color word is softness with a spine. A star that breathes, a color that holds its ground.
January 6's birthday fish is the Monkfish, best known for its winter hotpot, where soft white flesh melts into a mellow sweetness. Its liver is prized as a seasonal delicacy, turning an ordinary table festive. The fish words are "patience" and "ingenuity," and landings grow through the peak season of December and January. Today's birthday color is Budounezumi (#705B67), a settled gray-violet like lamplight on a long night. Give the day's table the time of a slow simmer.
The birth fruit for Jan 6 is the Setoka (せとか). Market stalls fill with this citrus fruit around Jan and Feb. The fruit words for this date read "luxury and maturity". Jan and Feb is its season. Its date also carries the birthday color Budounezumi (#705B67). The color word here is "softness with a spine". One fruit, one color, one day.
Our birth flowers are an independently compiled system based on flowering seasons and hanakotoba. Birth stars are assigned by an astronomical rule — the IAU-named star culminating around midnight on that date. Birth fish and fruits are compiled independently by peak season (fish include seafood).
About this date's birth flower
- What is the birth flower for January 6?
- The birth flower for January 6 is the Viola. Its hanakotoba include sincere, small happiness, and its peak season is Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr.
- What is the birth fish for January 6?
- The birth fish for January 6 is the Monkfish. Its fish words include patience, ingenuity, and its peak season is Dec, Jan.
- What is the birth fruit for January 6?
- The birth fruit for January 6 is the Setoka. Its fruit words include luxury, maturity, and its peak season is Jan, Feb.
- What is the birthday color for January 6?
- The birthday color for January 6 is Budounezumi (#705B67). It pairs with the day's flower, Viola.
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Color palette for Budounezumi
Monochrome (lightness steps)
#9F8895
oklch(65.2% 0.033 343.1)
#705B67
oklch(49.6% 0.033 343.1)
base
#3D3238
oklch(33.1% 0.019 344.2)
Analogous (±30°)
#6F5B70
oklch(49.8% 0.041 324.7)
#705B67
oklch(49.6% 0.033 343.1)
base
#705B5D
oklch(49.3% 0.028 11.7)
Complementary (+180°)
#705B67
oklch(49.6% 0.033 343.1)
#5B7064
oklch(52.4% 0.031 160.1)
base
#9CAFA4
oklch(73.6% 0.026 160.3)
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