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Color and Culture Quiz: 5 Questions on Kabuki Curtains, Japan's "Blue" Traffic Lights, Dutch Orange, the Hinomaru, and Tyrian PurpleFive questions tracing how colors got their names and roles: the three stripes of the kabuki stage curtain, the "blue light" written into Japanese traffic law, the Dutch House of Orange, the "crimson" of the national flag law, and the source of Tyrian purple.
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The Green Quiz: 5 Questions on Green Feathers, Dollar Bills & the Roots of "Midori"Five trivia questions about the color green: what the "green feather" charity funds, why the US dollar is called a "greenback," the origins of the Japanese word "midori," and how bluer greens differ. Fun facts that make everyday green look new.
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Winter Colors (Japanese traditional color names)December has arrived. The mornings and evenings are getting colder. This winter, we will have to be careful of coronas as we welcome the New Year and New Year's Eve. It will be a different winter from previous years, but we would like to spend it with a sense of Japanese culture. Wonderful colors exist in the Japanese winter. Here are some traditional Japanese colors that represent the winter season through February. Please click on each link for more information.
