Curated CollectionFor Art & Illustration
Pigments used in classic ink wash painting and calligraphy.. carefully selected from history to bring meaning and harmony to your modern projects.
Ink Black
墨黑 (Mò Hēi)
The depth of calligraphy ink, representing knowledge, mystery, and scholarly elegance.
View Palette & MeaningDrifting Smoke
流烟 (Liú yān)
The soft grey of incense smoke in temple paintings, suggesting spiritual transcendence.
View Palette & MeaningSwallow Rain
燕雨 (Yàn yǔ)
The cool blue-grey of spring rain observed by swallows in Yuan Dynasty landscape paintings.
View Palette & MeaningMoonlit Bamboo
月映竹影 (yuè yìng zhú yǐng)
Represents tranquility and scholarly refinement, evoking bamboo groves under moonlight in Song dynasty paintings.
View Palette & MeaningDistant Mountain
远山 (yuǎn shān)
A muted green-grey reminiscent of mountains fading into the horizon in classical landscape paintings.
View Palette & MeaningOudo-iro
黄土色 (Ōdo-iro)
Ocher or yellow earth color. A traditional pigment used in art and dyeing.
View Palette & MeaningGofun
胡粉 (Gofun)
Chalk white. A white pigment made from crushed seashells, used in Nihonga painting and doll making.
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