I hate black and white photos sometimes.

[gurdymonkey]

http://metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/60043275?rpp=60&pg=1&ao=on&ft=*&when=A.D.+500-1000&where=Japan&pos=59
I'm dying to know what color this Nara period textile fragment in the Met collection is. And the description is not exactly helpful. It looks printed though. I may have to steal that design though. I could totally do something with it.

Here's an equally frustrating one from the Kyoto Costume Museum. It came up in a search for Nara textiles, but there's no description!
http://syuweb.kyohaku.go.jp/ibmuseum_public/index.php?app=pict&mode=detail&list_id=199655&parent_data_id=19682&data_id=11226

Same with this one, although it's at least in color. http://syuweb.kyohaku.go.jp/ibmuseum_public/index.php?app=shiryo&mode=detail&list_id=199656&data_id=19685

Comments

[ladycelia.livejournal.com]

What about contacting the Met and asking what color it is?