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blue-green

On-Yomi: ヘキ

Koohii stories:

1) [Katsuo] 3-11-2007(29): Notes: 珀 (not in Heisig) means "amber". Story for both: A bus is stopped at some traffic lights in Japan. Inside, King Henry VIII and Barry White are arguing over whether the lights are yellow or amber. The lights change to "Go", and Mick Jagger (stone) then joins a new argument over whether the lights are blue or green. They compromise on blue-green.

2) [hissatsu] 11-11-2010(12): The rarest form of amber is a blue-green stone. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_amber).

3) [dihutenosa] 11-8-2008(7): A 昔話 about why street lights in Japan are blue-green. In the old days, there was only one street light - and it was amber. When it was on, you had to stop - and when it was off, you could go (but slowly). So one day a salaryman was late for work and stuck at a long amber light. He got impatient and threw a rock at it. The light started to malfunction and flickered blue-green. People were confused - "what do we do? Stop? Go slowly?" "Uh..it means…go fast!!!" The end.

4) [chibimizuno] 6-8-2009(4): Notes: 珀 (not in Heisig) means "amber". (Thanks Katsuo) Amber: The king is above wearing white; all his clothes must be dyed a deep amber color to show how wealthy he is. Blue-green: To augment his amber robes, the king wears blue-green precious stones as jewelry.

5) [woelpad] 26-5-2008(3): There's only one occasion for which an emperor (#261 皇) will take off his white tiara which distinguishes him from a mere king, and that is when he's offered a blue-green jade stone.

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