There are plenty of words to be learned about traditional Japanese Colors.
Maybe you can use some of the colors for haiku and haiga.

I have introduced Rikyu Gray before
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/happyhaiku/message/1146

Here are some more links to Colors

All the colors samples
http://homepage2.nifty.com/corel/LIB/doumei_ishoku.htm

Kanji, Hiragana, roomaji and the colors
If you click on one of the squares in front of the name, the screen turns
that color !
http://tenka1.jp/~karasu_2/jcolor_list.htm

Kanji and Hiragana of all traditional colors
http://www2.tokai.or.jp/hiramatu/onyak/sikime01.htm


seeing all these colors in nature during the changes of the seasons...

Gabi



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