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  2. Traditional colors of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Colors known as kinjiki (禁色, "forbidden colors") were strictly reserved for the robes of the Imperial family and highest ranking court officials; for example, the color ōtan (orange) was used as the color for the robes of the Crown Prince and use by anyone else was prohibited.

  3. Handkerchief code - Wikipedia

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    The handkerchief code (also known as the hanky code, the bandana code, and flagging) [1] is a system of color-coded cloth handkerchief or bandanas for non-verbally communicating one's interests in sexual activities and fetishes.

  4. History of Crayola crayons - Wikipedia

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    The Munsell color wheel consisted of five "principal hues" (red, yellow, green, blue, and purple), and five "intermediate hues" (yellow red, green yellow, blue green, blue purple, and red purple). Each color was available in either "maximum chroma" or with "middle value and middle chroma."

  5. Light-emitting diode - Wikipedia

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    Color: LEDs can emit light of an intended color without using any color filters as traditional lighting methods need. This is more efficient and can lower initial costs. Cool light: In contrast to most light sources, LEDs radiate very little heat in the form of IR that can cause damage to sensitive objects or fabrics.

  6. Eggplant (color) - Wikipedia

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    Eggplant is a dark purple [1] or brownish-purple [2] color that resembles the color of the outer skin of European eggplants. [3] Another name for the color eggplant is aubergine [2] (the French, German and British English word for eggplant). The first recorded use of eggplant as a color name in English was in 1915. [4]

  7. Periwinkle (color) - Wikipedia

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    The color periwinkle is also called lavender blue and light blue violet. [2] The color periwinkle may be considered a pale tint of purple-blue in the Munsell color system, or a "pastel purple-blue". The color can represent serenity, calmness, winter, and ice.

  8. Color in Chinese culture - Wikipedia

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    紅 hóng 'light red': The intermediary color of the south, combination of western white and southern red; 紫 zǐ 'violet': The intermediary color of the north, combination of southern red and northern black; 硫 liú 'horse-brown': The intermediary color of the center, combination of northern black and central yellow

  9. Color psychology - Wikipedia

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    The "rose of temperaments" (Temperamenten-Rose) compiled by Goethe and Schiller in 1798/9.The diagram matches twelve colors to human occupations or their character traits, grouped in the four temperaments: * choleric (red/orange/yellow): tyrants, heroes, adventurers * sanguine (yellow/green/cyan) hedonists, lovers, poets * phlegmatic (cyan/blue/violet): public speakers, historians ...