とびいろ
鳶色
tobiiro
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Overview
The color of the feathers of the phoenix
Story
The color name is derived from the feather color of the bird Tobi.
It is also written as "鵄色, 鴟色, flying color", and all are read as "tobiiro".
The phoenix is a bird that has inhabited all over Japan since ancient times, but it has been used as a color name since the Edo period.
It is also called tobicha.
