December 14th Color Calendar Shimobairo (Shimobairo)

December 14th Color Calendar

Shimoba-iro (frost feather color)
*A new poetic coinage

"The morning light freezes even the sound of wings."

"Shimobairo" is the pale, cold gray-blue color found on the feathers of birds flapping their wings on frosty mornings.
It's neither white nor silver, but a color that blends the softness of feathers with the chill of winter.

On a winter morning, in the garden before the sun had even shone,
A bird swoops down.
The glitter of frost on its feathers conveys the quiet presence of life.

Shimohairo in daily life

• The color of the feathers of sparrows and tits on a frosty morning • The tarnished lining of a haori coat reflecting the winter sky • The feather-like shadows falling on a white porcelain vessel

Shimoha-iro is a color that reflects the boundary between tranquility and warmth.
It is a color reminiscent of the sound of wings in winter, which is in line with the "beauty of white space" and "poetry of presence" that WABISUKE values.

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