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107 Colours II 色 いろ iro


COLOUR or COLOR


Colour is an extremely important part of our lives. It helps us to tell the difference. It makes life more beautiful. It gives us a sense of emotional warmth. Children learn at an early stage about colours and how they are put together.

This simple cartoon-like picture beautifully demonstrates how different colours make another one. This picture in a beautiful way opens up the child’s mind to introducing different cultural and ethnic differences too.



A teenager’s delight!


In Japan too there are a million colours to choose from. As new colours are created, new names come about and in Japanese they usually mean “katakana colours”, though not always.


Where once in Takasaki all daruma were red, they now have almost all colours of the rainbow.



On the computer one can set any image to almost any colour one wishes. Paints are created and identified by computer. Shades are pure and standard.





The human touch of the potter is now merely a push on a button.





Welcome katakana!











New flower colours are bred.






Your cupboards can have a make-over.



Turquoise from Turkey. Mustard from France. Grey from America. Blue from the navy. Pink from Barbie-land.
























































































Why stop at one colour!