Comments on: The Traditional Colors of Japan: Making Modern History http://www.tofugu.com/2013/09/12/the-traditional-colors-of-japan-making-modern-history/ A Japanese Language & Culture Blog Sun, 13 Apr 2014 10:14:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 By: Mashael Al-Mehmadi http://www.tofugu.com/2013/09/12/the-traditional-colors-of-japan-making-modern-history/comment-page-1/#comment-190005 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 03:27:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=34570#comment-190005 I’m curious about the color pronounced Tairo. I’ve found on this site:
http://www.demoivre.org/Japan/textiles/colors/

I’ve searched about it but no luck about it. Anyone have any idea?

I’m sorry if my comment is off-topic, actually I don’t know who I should ask :s. If it’s bothering you, then removed it. it’s up to you for sure :).

Thanks a lot.

]]> By: Hinoema http://www.tofugu.com/2013/09/12/the-traditional-colors-of-japan-making-modern-history/comment-page-1/#comment-185463 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 04:07:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=34570#comment-185463 No, I’m talking about subtractive vs ‘traditional’ for painting. I don’t prefer the traditional three because ‘red’ and ‘blue’ are far too vague, and often the common ‘true’ blue is too violet and the ‘true’ red too orange for a good mix, especially for greens. So far, the subtractive primaries in paint seem to mix better (for me, at least). My father learned the ‘traditional’ method and was always complaining about oil colors mixing ‘muddy’, a symptom of misaligned primary choices, i think. For acrylics, I like a CMY wheel more than the traditional RYB system. Cyan *is* a blue and magenta *is* a red of sorts, they’re just aligned differently.

]]> By: Joel Alexander http://www.tofugu.com/2013/09/12/the-traditional-colors-of-japan-making-modern-history/comment-page-1/#comment-184823 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 20:56:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=34570#comment-184823 That rather depends on whether you’re talking about additive or subtractive colour mixing, don’t you think?

]]> By: Joel Alexander http://www.tofugu.com/2013/09/12/the-traditional-colors-of-japan-making-modern-history/comment-page-1/#comment-184813 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 20:54:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=34570#comment-184813 From memory, it’s black, white, red, yellow, blue/green and purple, but I’m not sure. Actually, I think Hinoema linked to the page I was thinking of further up, or at least a rewriting of it.

]]> By: Hinoema http://www.tofugu.com/2013/09/12/the-traditional-colors-of-japan-making-modern-history/comment-page-1/#comment-182786 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 09:38:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=34570#comment-182786 You might enjoy this, then: “The Crayola-fication of the World and How it messed With our Brains”

http://www.empiricalzeal.com/2012/06/05/the-crayola-fication-of-the-world-how-we-gave-colors-names-and-it-messed-with-our-brains-part-i/

And it references the XKCD survey!

]]> By: Hinoema http://www.tofugu.com/2013/09/12/the-traditional-colors-of-japan-making-modern-history/comment-page-1/#comment-182782 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 09:22:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=34570#comment-182782 I think my favorite is 葡萄色 えびいろ #640125, a sort of dusky plum.

Now I’m fighting an overwhelming urge to reorganize that whole page in spectral order.

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