February 1st Color Calendar Kohaku

February 1st Color Calendar

White fragrance – Kōhaku

"When the fragrance dissolves into white, the air gently unravels."

"Kohaku" is a soft white porcelain color that makes the fragrance seem to spread throughout the white space.
Warmer than pure white and with a hint of fragrance more than moon white, this color tone reflects the margins of emotion.
It's the quiet fragrance and gentle atmosphere you feel on a winter morning.

This color represents "purification of emotions" and "tranquility of the air."
As the fragrance rises, it is enveloped in a white space.
At that moment, the space gently relaxes and the mind becomes calm and at peace.

Kohaku in daily life

• A hint of incense rising from a white porcelain vessel • White light filtering through a shoji screen and the lingering scent of incense • A quiet fragrance drifting through a white space on a winter morning

Kohaku is a color that reflects the "intersection of fragrance and white" and "emotional purification."
It is a poem of fragrance and white that evokes the "white space of materials" and "tranquility of space" that WABISUKE values.

Notes and etymology

• "Kohaku" is a poetic coinage and is not a traditional color.
The overlapping of "fragrance" and "white" expresses the intersection of nature and emotion.
• Similar colors include "white porcelain," "moon white," and "natural."
"Kohaku" is a color that focuses more on the spiritual cleansing and tranquility of fragrance.