December 1st Color Calendar Ice Color
December 1st Color Calendar
White ice – Kōrijiro
"A frosty morning, white with light."
"Ice White" is a white that combines coldness and transparency, like the thin ice that forms on a winter morning.
Harder than snow white, paler than white porcelain, and tinged with a slight bluish hue when exposed to light, it evokes feelings of tranquility, tension, and hope.
The beginning of December.
The frosted stones in the garden, the frozen puddles, the whiteness of your breath.
Ice white appears with the sound of winter doors opening, and gently marks the boundary between seasons.
Ice White in Everyday Life
• Frost crystals floating on a morning window • The color of the sky reflected on the surface of frozen water • Winter light shining on a white porcelain vessel
Ice white is a color that reflects **"quiet warmth in the cold"**.
It is a transparent, poetic color that is also connected to the "white space" and "poetry of silence" that WABISUKE values.
References
• "Traditional Japanese Colors" by Shikosha • "507 Color Names" by Shufunotomosha • "Winter Colors and Life" by Color Culture Research Association