Tea Green Color

Rich dark green like matcha, embodying wabi-sabi beauty

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RGBArgba(91, 122, 62, 1)

HSLAhsla(91, 33%, 36%, 1)

OKLCHoklch(75.2%, 0.072, 128)

LCHlch(71.9%, 29.2, 141)

🎨 Color Palettes

Analogous2-3 adjacent hues (≤60°)

Triadic3 hues spaced 120° apart

Split ComplementaryMain color + colors adjacent to its complement

Complementary2 hues spaced 180° apart

Tetradic (Rectangle)4 hues forming a rectangle

MonochromaticSingle hue with varying saturation and lightness

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Lightness VariationFixed hue and saturation, stepwise lightness adjustment ±30%

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💡 Use Cases

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Tea Room Design

The Cha-iro Midori earthen walls and shoji screens of a tea room create a dim, tranquil wabi-sabi space, the vessel for the spirit of the tea ceremony.

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Raku Tea Bowl

The dark green glaze of a Raku tea bowl is the optimal vehicle for Cha-iro Midori; held in the hands, one feels the warmth of wabi-sabi.

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Wa-Modern Home

Cha-iro Midori sofas and walls infuse modern apartments with the composed tranquility of wabi-sabi.

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Matcha Packaging

Matcha sweets and drinks packaged in Cha-iro Midori begin a wabi-sabi taste journey from the very first sight.

📜 Origin & History

Cha-iro Midori (Tea Green Color) is a rich, dark green like matcha. Its cultural backdrop is the Japanese tea ceremony; Sen no Rikyu established the spirit of wabi-cha in the 16th century, endowing this color with profound philosophical meaning.

Within the tea ceremony, this Tea Green Color extends beyond the tea itself to utensils like tea bowls, tea caddies, and tea scoops. The dark green glaze of Raku ware tea bowls, glimmering in the dim tea room, is a paragon of the wabi-sabi aesthetic.

During the Edo period, this color spread from the tea room to commoner life. The 'shibui' (astringent) aesthetic became popular, and Cha-iro Midori became a favored 'iki' (chic) color for the Edokko, widely used for kosode robes and sashes.

The color deeply aligns with the tea ceremony spirit of 'ichigo ichie' (one time, one meeting). This irreproducible beauty of the moment imbues Cha-iro Midori with the life philosophy of treasuring the present.

In contemporary Japan, Cha-iro Midori is a core color of the 'Wa-modern' (Japanese modern) style. Interior design, packaging, and clothing in this color continue to convey the essence of wabi-sabi and shibui aesthetics.

🧠 Color Psychology

Wabi-SabiCha-iro Midori is the chromatic embodiment of wabi-sabi aesthetics, accepting imperfection and impermanence, finding deep fulfillment in simplicity.

AstringencyThe representative color of 'shibui,' a unique Japanese aesthetic category, rejecting superficial glamour in pursuit of depth within restraint.

ContemplationLike the silent appreciation of tea in the tea ceremony, Cha-iro Midori guides one into a state of tranquil observation and introspection, a dialogue with the self.

SettlingThe thick dark green, like stirred matcha settling, hints at the clarity of wisdom gained after experience and the sedimentation of time.

One Time, One MeetingCha-iro Midori carries the tea ceremony's spirit of treasuring every unique encounter, awakening awareness of the unrepeatable nature of each moment.

PeacefulnessIn the embrace of Cha-iro Midori, anxiety dissolves, replaced by a state of mind that peacefully accepts everything.

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