{{Short description|Dark brown color}} {{For| the town in Bolivia|Cobija}} {{infobox color |title=Kobicha |hex=6B4423 |source=JTC |isccname=Strong brown}}

The color {{nihongo||媚茶|'''kobicha'''}} is one of the Japanese traditional colors that has been in use since 660 CE in the form of various dyes used in designing kimono.<ref>Nagasaki, Seiki. ''Nihon no dentoshoku : sono shikimei to shikicho'', Seigensha, 2001. {{ISBN|4-916094-53-0}}</ref><ref>Nihon Shikisai Gakkai. ''Shinpen shikisai kagaku handobukku'', Tokyo Daigaku Shuppankai, 1985. {{ISBN|4-13-061000-7}}</ref>

The name {{Transliteration|ja|kobicha}} comes from the Japanese for the colour of a type of kelp tea, but the word was often used as a synonym for a form of flattery<ref>Nagasaki, Seiki. ''Nihon no dentoshoku : sono shikimei to shikicho'', Seigensha, 2001. {{ISBN|4-916094-53-0}}</ref><ref>Nihon Shikisai Gakkai. ''Shinpen shikisai kagaku handobukku'', Tokyo Daigaku Shuppankai, 1985. {{ISBN|4-13-061000-7}}</ref> in a curious parallel with the English usage ''brown nosing''.

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== See also == * List of colors

{{Shades of brown}}

Kobicha

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