Colors

Colors (色 Jiki) play an important part in Saiunkoku's culture and history as they represent the Eight Colored Immortals, the Eight Colored Clans, as well as the different Provinces.
==Forbidden Colors==
Forbidden Colors (禁色 Kinjiki) are colors whose usage is restricted in Saiunkoku. Most people are barred from wearing clothes in any of the seven colours from the Colored Clans. Those from the Colored Clans' direct lines are allowed to, but even they are prohibited from wearing the exact shades of these colors in Saiunkoku. Of course, only members of the Imperial Family are allowed to use purple for the base color of their Kimonos. The Hyou Clan are an exception to this rule so they have been permitted to wear clothes in a lighter shade of purple.
==Semi-Forbidden Colors==
Semi-Forbidden Colors (準禁色 Junkinjiki) are colors that can be worn but only under certain circumstances. White robes can be worn by people who pass the Imperial Exams as the color white in the Imperial Court holds the meaning, “officials that have not been assigned a position”. Since it was originally one of the forbidden colors, this hasn’t always been the case. It was only after the White Immortal consented to the Emperor using the color for the Examination System (the Clan was more interested in military arts than political affairs so he wasn’t all that concerned with such traditions), that it is now allowed to be worn by Officials-In-Training in the Court.
Category:Systems & Policies