Japanese Gradients for UI Design™ — Traditional Japanese Color Palettes & Gradient Generator
The definitive tool for exploring, creating, and exporting
Japanese gradients
for UI, web, and interface design.
Built on a library of
250+ traditional Japanese colours
— each with its kanji name, romanised reading,
and English translation —
Japanese Gradients for UI Design™
by NUEVO.TOKYO transforms centuries of
Japanese colour culture into ready-to-use
CSS gradients
,
PNG
,
SVG
,
JPG
,
TIFF
,
JSON
, and
CSS
exports.
Traditional Japanese Colours
Explore the full spectrum of Japanese traditional colours including
ai-iro
(Japanese indigo),
kachi-iro
(victory blue),
ruri-iro
(lapis lazuli blue),
asagi-iro
(light blue),
hanada-iro
(blue),
kon-jo
(deep blue),
mizu-iro
(water blue),
sora-iro
(sky blue),
usu-aoi
(light blue),
fuji-iro
(wisteria),
kikyo-iro
(Chinese bellflower),
nasu-iro
(eggplant),
utsukon-iro
(light purple),
murasaki-iro
(purple),
budo-iro
(grape),
sumi-iro
(ink),
rokushō
(green patina),
moegi-iro
(light green),
hiwa-iro
(young leaf green),
yanagi-iro
(willow),
matcha-iro
(ceremonial tea green),
koke-iro
(moss),
uri-iro
(melon),
aigami
(blue flower),
gunjo
(ultramarine),
byakugun
(light blue-green),
nando-iro
(dark blue-green),
chigusa
(dark blue),
sakura-iro
(cherry blossom pink),
suō-iro
(deep red),
enji-iro
(dark red),
kurenai
(crimson),
beni-iro
(red),
shōjō-hi
(orange-red),
hi-iro
(flame),
karashi-iro
(mustard),
ki-iro
(yellow),
tamago-iro
(egg yolk),
kogane-iro
(gold),
yamabuki-iro
(mountain rose),
tori-iro
(yellow-green),
kinari
(undyed cloth),
urushi-iro
(lacquer black),
sumi
(ink black),
dobunezumi-iro
(dark grey),
sabi-iro
(rust),
go-cha-iro
(dark brown),
shiro-iro
(white), and many more.
Japanese Gradient Generator
Create custom
Japanese gradients
from any combination of traditional colours. Choose from
linear gradients
,
radial gradients
,
angular (conic) gradients
,
and
blurred gradients
. Adjust colour stops, rotation, centre position, and apply
dithering effects
including ordered dither, Bayer dithering, and ASANOHA patterns for
atmospheric, textile-inspired transitions. Export to any format —
PNG
,
SVG
,
JPG
,
TIFF
,
CSS
, or
JSON
— for use in
Figma, Photoshop, Sketch, or directly in your codebase.
Japanese Color Palette for UI Design
Whether you are building a Japanese-inspired UI, a wabi-sabi themed website, an Edo-period inspired app,
or need authentic
Japanese colour palettes
for your design system, this tool provides
historically accurate colour values with
hex codes
,
kanji names
,
hiragana readings
, and
English translations
. Colours span from the
Heian period
through the
Edo period
to the
Meiji era
,
covering textile dyeing colours (
aizome
,
kusaki-zome
), lacquer ware
(
urushi
), ceramics (
rokushō
), ink painting (
sumi-e
),
woodblock prints (
ukiyo-e
), and seasonal nature colours.
Features
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250+ traditional Japanese colours with hex values, kanji, kana, romaji & English names
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Interactive gradient generator with linear, radial, angular & blur modes
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Bayer-dithered and ASANOHA dithering for organic, textile-like transitions
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Export as PNG, SVG, JPG, TIFF, CSS & JSON
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3D Munsell colour planes viewer
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Colour taxonomy by traditional Japanese families & seasonal categories
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Image-to-mosaic converter using Japanese colour palettes
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Save favourites & custom gradient compositions
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Bilingual: English & Japanese (日本語)
-
Works on desktop & mobile
Design Philosophy
Rooted in the Japanese aesthetic of
wabi-sabi
— the appreciation of imperfection, transience,
and natural beauty — every gradient is crafted with cubic-bezier easing for atmospheric, diffused transitions
that evoke the softness of Japanese paper, the depth of indigo dye, the warmth of lacquer, and the delicacy
of cherry blossoms. This is not just a colour tool; it is a bridge between centuries of Japanese visual culture
and modern screen-based design.
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