{"id":11193,"date":"2020-04-26T16:59:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T20:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=11193"},"modified":"2020-04-26T16:59:27","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T20:59:27","slug":"v-is-for-vivid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2020\/04\/v-is-for-vivid\/","title":{"rendered":"V is for Vivid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vivid, intensely deep or bright colour<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We’ve reached another one of those super-fun letters that essentially don’t exist in Japanese. Like the L<\/a> and Q<\/a> posts, I knew I had to run with an English word and what better word than Vivid<\/em>? Or possibly vibrant<\/em>!<\/p>\n

Taisho and early Showa era kimono are absolutely some of my favourites, due in no small part to the vivid, bold colour choices brought about by the advent of synthetic dyes. Prior to the 1910s, kimono colours tended to veer to the gentle, subdued, and either pastel or very dark tones thanks to natural dyes. With the introduction of synthetics, colours went pretty crazy.<\/p>\n\n\t\t