pale blue-green; light blue-green
A traditional Japanese color name for a pale, slightly greenish blue. Often used in historical or aesthetic contexts.
She was wearing a kimono of pale blue-green.
light light blue; pale blue
chestnut tiger butterfly
pale blue-green; light turquoise
blue-green lining; kimono with blue-green lining · unsophisticated provincial samurai (stationed in Edo)
Standard kanji spelling for the color name.
Ateji spelling; less common and may be confused with あさぎ reading of 浅黄.
The color name 浅葱 originally referred to the pale blue-green of young 葱 leaves. The reading あさぎ developed from earlier あさき.