一切經音義 46.77

46.77

Pale blue color (縹色: pǐ + rào fanqie; referring to sky-pale-blue, like the bluish-white color of silk. The Shiming says: 'Piǎo (縹) is like piāo (漂,漂漂, drifting/light);漂漂 is a light bluish-green color. There is jasper-piǎo, red-piǎo, and green-piǎo, each named after what its color resembles').