Poll - What Color Silk Should I Use In My Custom Fit Boxes?

[PhoenixDude]

So I am making custom fit, Black urushi lacqured boxes to hold some of my Goto school fittings in. I am going to makie a light dust of gold powder on the outside of each box. Anyways I was wondering what the opinion was on what color silk would best go with it?

I was researching traditional dyes and came across the list of kinjiki used in the rank system for the Kuge class.

I am trying to decide between [going from top left to right:]

Ochre (Otan)

​Deep Purple (Kokimurasaki)

Magenta (Akamurasaki)

​True Deep Red (Shinshu)

Deep scarlet (Kokiake)

or Light Scarlet (Asaiaka).

 

Post the color you like best!

[AnAmNeSiS]

Jay -

 

Magenta (Akamurasaki) All the way!  

 

Goto Fittings!!!  Any chance you can post a pic of them?

 

Sincerely,

[Vermithrax16]

As always, up to you, but I vote for True Deep Red (Shinshu)

[SwordGuyJoe]

Magenta

[Mark S.]

I'm voting for the dark purple. Always considered a 'royal' or 'noble' or 'high ranking' color. Nothing but the best for those fittings...

[Ken-Hawaii]

Another vote here for magenta, Jay.

 

Ken

 

[Bazza]

Where is the green????  In Japan "Green Car" on the railways is First Class, I guess the equivalent of Pullman in the USA.  That's why Green Papers (once upon a time) were Green!!  The chirimen green that used to be 'de rigeur' in fittings boxes seems to not hold sway these days.  Why??  Does anybody know???

 

BaZZa.

[Brian]

Added a poll for you.

[vajo]

Shinsu looks best in my eyes.

[EdWolf]

True Deep Red.

[vajo]

Three ones für true deep red but only two votes 

[NihontoNewbie]

Deep purple ????????

[Gakusee]

Kokimurasaki Is both classy and traditional but other colours look good too. That would be my first choice followed by deep red shinshu

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

Magenta (Akamurasaki)​. BTW the color takes its international name from my city.

[peterd]

Hi, I think it depends on the colour of the fittings. Some colours look better with shibuichi or shakudo, iron, sentoku ect.

[Nihonto1973]

True deep red ????

[PhoenixDude]

Nobody like Ochre with black and gold?

[Surfson]

Magenta.  Shakudo needs to have contrast and the darker colors don't provide enough contrast.  

[Jamie]

Purple