noun
salmon pink; daybreak color
A traditional Japanese color name for a warm pink with a yellowish tinge, reminiscent of the sky at dawn. Often used in artistic, literary, or design contexts. Synonymous with 曙色.
See also: 曙色
彼女の着物は東雲色で、とても優しい印象だった。
Her kimono was a salmon pink color, giving a very gentle impression.
東雲色は曙色とも呼ばれ、夜明けの空を思わせる。
Shinonome-iro is also called akebono-iro, and it evokes the sky at dawn.
Refers to daybreak or dawn itself, not the color. 東雲色 is the color derived from that image.
From 東雲 (shinonome, 'daybreak') + 色 (iro, 'color'). The word 東雲 itself is of uncertain origin, possibly from 篠の目 (shino no me, 'eyes of bamboo grass') referring to the faint light seen through bamboo at dawn, but this is speculative.