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It's a long list of Japanese color names with accompanying RGB values. Some are well known in Japan (sakura, nadeshiko), the vast majority are obscure. They a
by 9nGQluzmnq3M 7y ago
It's a long list of Japanese color names with accompanying RGB values. Some are well known in Japan (sakura, nadeshiko), the vast majority are obscure.
They also use an off-the-wall half-Hepburn/half-wapuro romanization scheme that's the virtual equivalent of nails on chalkboard if you care about this sort of thing (CYOHSYUN 長春 etc).
- duxup 7y agoThank you.
- earthboundkid 7y agoThis drove me nuts when I lived in Japan. I can accept "zya". I prefer "ja". GTFO with "jya".
- cbracken 7y agoOn the plus side, kunrei-shiki romanisation, which is the official government style and has been standardised as ISO 3602, is in practice ignored even by that Japanese government. In terms of nails on blackboards, I ask that you bathe for a moment in the exquisite splendour of the romanisation that is "Mt Huzi", Japan's highest peak.
- Freak_NL 7y agoUgh! I share your pain. It's like reading text in English where the author can't figure out the difference between their, there, and they're. It really is like nails on a blackboard. > CYOHSYUN 長春 Chōshun. > Some are well known in Japan (sakura, nadeshiko), the vast majority are obscure. This project would benefit from a 'common colours' filter.