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Murasaki

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Murasaki is the Japanese word for:

It may also refer to:

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Colours and dyes

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  • Fujimurasaki, nisemurasaki, kokimurasaki, murasaki, umemurasaki and murasakitobi, names for a number of shades of purple considered to be part of the traditional colors of Japan
  • Kokimurasaki, the outerwear color of 1st rank aristocrats in the forbidden colors system of the Japanese Imperial Court from the 10th–11th century until the Meiji period (1867–1911)
  • The Japanese word for Lithospermum erythrorhizon (purple gromwell) or the dye or made from its root

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