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THE correspondence on the above subject, started by Mr. A. H. Crook in NATURE of January 11, 1906 (p. 246), was lately recalled to me when I heard, for the first time, the phrase “hsüeh ch'ing” (Cantonese sut0 ts'eng)—snow-blue—used in conversation. It was used in this case in naming the colour of a flower, and struck me as particularly appropriate; the colour might well be described as one of those termed “ch'ing” diluted to a pale shade with white snow.
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TINGLE, A. Chinese Names of Colours. Nature 81, 367 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/081367a0
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