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A lot of them are named after tea. Is or was tea really that influential in Japan, or is there just a strong correlation between tea and colors? I have been to
by ddoolin 7y ago
A lot of them are named after tea. Is or was tea really that influential in Japan, or is there just a strong correlation between tea and colors? I have been to a tea market just once and I can only guess that color would be a quick way to tell them apart since they all look similar.
- kagevf 7y agoA datapoint: the word for brown in Japanese is literally "tea color" ... so "tea" is commonly used to describe colors that resemble that of tea.