April Traditional Color Names

#FDEFF2 · Apr 1

The color of cherry blossom, so pale it is sometimes called white.

#84A2D4 · Apr 5

The blue-purple of wisteria, bluer than the flower itself.

#F1F5DC · Apr 7

The color of a white lily, pure white with a little yellow.

#69B076 · Apr 8

A thin green, the color of grass and young leaves.

#FBCA4D · Apr 9

The color of gardenia, a white flower that yellows with age.

#ECDECF · Apr 11

The shell of a steamed chestnut, an astringent muted brown.

#A29779 · Apr 12

The color of tea whisked for Sen no Rikyu, whose taste it pleased.

#949495 · Apr 14

The color of a mouse's fur, gray with a little red in it.

#524E4D · Apr 19

The ash of charcoal burned out, the color left after a fire dies.

#C7DC68 · Apr 20

The green of rice seedlings, lined up in the paddy after planting.

#D8E698 · Apr 21

The color of spring greens, freshly picked and still pale.

#2AA74B · Apr 22

The green of a parrot's feathers, the vividness copied as it is.

#88CB9D · Apr 23

The green of reed leaves, standing along the water's edge.

#00A6AF · Apr 29

A paler asagi blue-green, as if it had dissolved in water.