Colour names in Japanese

[Jim Breen <jimbreen@*********>]

A question came up on the translators' Facebook page about
obscure Japanese colour names. In the discussion three
useful sites were mentioned:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_colors_of_Japan
http://www.colordic.org/w/
http://kidorakujapan.com/know/others_color.html

A few spot checks showed that some of these are in JMdict,
but many are not. I thought I'd pass it on in case anyone has
idle time and felt like turning some of them into entries. For
many of them there don't seem to be agreed English translations.

Cheers

Jim

-- 
Jim Breen
Adjunct Snr Research Fellow, Japanese Studies Centre, Monash University