檜皮色ひわだいろ

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

dusky red; cypress-bark color

A traditional Japanese color name referring to the reddish-brown hue of cypress bark. Used as a noun or no-adjective.

• 檜皮色ひわだいろの屋や根ねが美うつくしい。

  The cypress-bark-colored roof is beautiful.

• この帯おびは檜皮色ひわだいろに染そめられている。

  This obi is dyed in a dusky red.