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-   * In [[kashi|和菓子]], colours are very important. Of course, you can use food colouring; but I think it's nice if you use natural colours:+===和菓子=== 
 +In [[kashi|和菓子]], colours are very important. Of course, you can use food colouring; but I think it's nice if you use natural colours:
  
 ^ Colour      ^ Ingredient                 ^ Taste                                                  ^ Potency      ^ ^ Colour      ^ Ingredient                 ^ Taste                                                  ^ Potency      ^
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 | Blue        | Blue spirulina             | very mild algae note                                   | very strong  | | Blue        | Blue spirulina             | very mild algae note                                   | very strong  |
 | Purple      | Purple sweet potato        | sweet, earthy                                          | strong       | | Purple      | Purple sweet potato        | sweet, earthy                                          | strong       |
-| Purple      | Red cabbage extract        | mild vegetal                                           | medium       | 
 | Purple      | Blueberry powder           | fruity, sweet                                          | weak–medium  | | Purple      | Blueberry powder           | fruity, sweet                                          | weak–medium  |
 | Brown       | Cocoa                      | chocolate                                              | strong       | | Brown       | Cocoa                      | chocolate                                              | strong       |
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 | Black       | Bamboo charcoal            | neutral                                                | very strong  | | Black       | Bamboo charcoal            | neutral                                                | very strong  |
 | Black       | Squid ink                  | marine umami                                           | very strong  | | Black       | Squid ink                  | marine umami                                           | very strong  |
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 +===Japanese culture===
 +   * I also have a page about the cultural meaning of [[purple]]
 +   * Also, the Japanese have great names for some colours: 利休ねずみ for a warm gray, うぐいす茶色 for a green-brown etc.
 +
 +===染司よしおか===
 +She's written a whole book on traditional colours, for example:
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 +> {{ruby|黄土色|おうどいろ}}: A dark yellow with a slight reddish tint. Ochre (黄土) refers to the yellowish-brown soil found in northern China, Europe, and central North America. It is formed when wind carries and deposits dust from arid regions containing quartz, feldspar, mica, and other minerals. The ochre used as a pigment or paint is made by mixing clay with iron oxide obtained by refining red earth. “It nourishes Heaven and Earth.” (「天地を養」) In other words, the //I Ching// states that Heaven is black and Earth is yellow. Before the ground throughout Japan became covered with concrete, children would use up their ochre-colored paint or crayon much faster than any other color.
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