瓶かめ覗のぞき

noun

faint indigo blue

Traditional Japanese color name for a very pale, faint indigo blue. The name literally means 'peeking into a jar', evoking the subtle blue of water or sky glimpsed inside a vessel. Historical term; not used in everyday color description.

• 瓶かめ覗のぞきは、平へい安あん時じ代だいの襲かさねの色いろ目めにも見みられる淡あわい藍あい色いろです。

  Kamenozoki is a pale indigo color also seen in Heian-period layered garment color combinations.