Traditional Japanese color names
Japanese color names
130 of the 366 birthday colors carry a name written in Japanese characters. Here is one sentence on where each name comes from.
130 of the 366 colors carry a traditional Japanese name. Browse them by month, or by color family.
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All traditional names
- JunpakuJan 1
- BudounezumiJan 6
- ShikkokuJan 7
- KokeiroJan 9
- KusairoJan 10
- ByakuiroJan 12
- FukamidoriJan 15
- MoegiiroJan 17
- SorairoJan 21
- AsagiiroJan 22
- TsuyukusaJan 23
- KamonohairoJan 24
- KoiaiJan 25
- WakakusairoJan 29
- WakameiroJan 31
- WakamurasakiFeb 2
- BenifujiiroFeb 4
- BeniiroFeb 11
- UguiruiroFeb 13
- MiruiroFeb 14
- WasurenagusairoFeb 15
- KoniroFeb 19
- TorinokoiroFeb 20
- UkoniroFeb 22
- NanohanairoFeb 23
- UrabairoFeb 26
- YanagichaFeb 27
- IkkonzomeMar 1
- TokiiroMar 3
- SakurairoMar 6
- KoubaiiroMar 8
- SangoiroMar 9
- TonokoiroMar 11
- KakiiroMar 13
- UsubenifujiMar 16
- KodaimurasakiMar 20
- EdomurasakiMar 23
- UsuzakuraApr 1
- AofujiiroApr 5
- ShirayuriApr 7
- UsumidoriiroApr 8
- KuchinashiApr 9
- MushikuriiroApr 11
- RikyuushirochaApr 12
- NezumiiroApr 14
- KeshizumiiroApr 19
- WakanaeiroApr 20
- WakanairoApr 21
- OuryokuApr 22
- AshibairoApr 23
- UsuasagiApr 29
- KogamoiroMay 4
- MizuiroMay 5
- GunjouiroMay 7
- ChitosemidoriMay 8
- KarekusairoMay 13
- SensaichaMay 19
- RyokushouiroMay 21
- YamabukiiroMay 27
- HaizakuraMay 30
- UsubeniMay 31
- SumireiroJun 2
- KisuisenJun 11
- HimawariiroJun 13
- OudoiroJun 16
- TamagoiroJun 19
- KinchaJun 21
- EbichaJun 23
- UsugunjouJun 30
- ShinbashiiroJul 6
- KonjouJul 13
- KomugiiroJul 20
- EnjiJul 22
- AkaneiroJul 23
- KurogakiiroJul 28
- RuriiroAug 5
- KonruriAug 8
- KuwanomiiroAug 11
- FujinezuAug 12
- ByakugunAug 13
- KiiroAug 15
- KoujiiroAug 18
- MikaniroAug 20
- NikkeiiroAug 21
- TabakoiroAug 26
- ShikonAug 31
- BokusouiroSep 2
- TetsuiroSep 5
- MiruaiiroSep 6
- UsumizuiroSep 7
- TetsukonSep 10
- KashhokuSep 15
- AsaginezuSep 17
- HiwairoSep 24
- HiiroSep 28
- OuniOct 1
- BengarairoOct 2
- ChoujiiroOct 5
- RengairoOct 8
- KurikawachaOct 13
- TaishaOct 15
- GinnezuOct 19
- HatobanazumiOct 21
- SekibaniroOct 22
- KarashiiroOct 23
- SabinandoOct 27
- HatobamurasakiOct 28
- KuriiroOct 29
- RakudairoNov 1
- KojikairoNov 2
- KurochairoNov 3
- KabairoNov 9
- SunairoNov 12
- SumiiroNov 15
- SakuragaiiroNov 16
- MacchairoNov 22
- AkuiroNov 23
- NamariiroNov 24
- HadairoNov 27
- KarehairoNov 30
- AmairoDec 1
- KuriumeDec 3
- KuromurasakiDec 5
- NataneyuiroDec 8
- SakeiroDec 12
- AraishuDec 13
- ShuiroDec 14
- AmeiroDec 19
- ShoubuiroDec 23
- NasukonDec 25
The origins below are the site's own editorial explanations.
Questions
- What are the Japanese color names?
- They are the 130 birthday colors whose names are written in Japanese characters. Names in katakana are borrowed from other languages, so they are left out.
- Are the origins certain?
- They are the site's own editorial explanations. Where the etymology cannot be stated with confidence, the entry describes only how the color or its material looks.
- Do the color codes change?
- No. A Japanese name is an alternative name for a color that already exists, so both the codes and the day pages stay exactly as they are.