和わ色しょく

noun

traditional Japanese colors

Refers to the set of colors historically used in Japanese art, textiles, and design, often with poetic names.

• 和わ色しょくの名な前まえには、桜さくら色いろや藤ふじ色いろなど美うつくしいものが多おおい。

  Many names of traditional Japanese colors, like sakura-iro and fuji-iro, are beautiful.

noun

addition color

Rare technical term in color science or printing, referring to a color produced by additive mixing.

• 「和わ色しょく」は、光ひかりの三さん原げん色しょくを混まぜて作つくる色いろを指さす専せん門もん用よう語ごとして使つかわれることがある。

  The term 和色 is sometimes used as a technical term for colors created by mixing the three primary colors of light.