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  "generated": "2026-09-28T02:12:01.415Z",
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    "slug": "japanese-purples",
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    "title": "Japanese Purples: Murasaki, Edo-murasaki, Kikyō, Fuji",
    "description": "Why purple was the top court rank in Japan, how Edo's bluish purple differs from classical murasaki, and the two flower purples, kikyō and fuji. What each signals, and a working palette per purple.",
    "eyebrow": "The named colours",
    "readingTime": "4 min",
    "tags": [
      "Purples",
      "Heian",
      "Imperial"
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    "datePublished": "2026-09-28T00:00:00Z",
    "outline": [
      "Murasaki — the court purple",
      "Edo-murasaki — the city purple",
      "Kikyō — bellflower",
      "Fuji — wisteria",
      "How to pick the right purple for a brief"
    ],
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      {
        "term": "murasaki",
        "pronunciation": "mu-ra-sa-ki",
        "meaning": "Gromwell-root purple; the top court rank colour from 603."
      },
      {
        "term": "edo-murasaki",
        "pronunciation": "e-do mu-ra-sa-ki",
        "meaning": "The bluer purple fashionable in Edo, against Kyoto's redder purple."
      },
      {
        "term": "kikyō",
        "pronunciation": "ki-kyō",
        "meaning": "Bellflower blue-violet, one of the seven flowers of autumn."
      },
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        "term": "fuji",
        "pronunciation": "fu-ji",
        "meaning": "Wisteria lilac; the flower behind the Fujiwara name."
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  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "source": "colorcombinations.org editorial",
  "indexUrl": "https://colorcombinations.org/api/learn.json"
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