Color Names

Modern Zen

Calming cream, the color of a quiet morning in a Kyoto garden.

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Modern Zen is a pale beige.

It can be described as pale, delicate, faded and pastel.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Modern Zen

Zen

Zen is a Mahayana Buddhist tradition that developed in China during the Tang dynasty by blending Indian Mahayana Buddhism, particularly Yogacara and Madhyamaka philosophies, with Chinese Taoist thought, especially Neo-Daoist. Zen originated as the Chan school or the Buddha-mind school, and later developed into various sub-schools and branches.

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modern

Adjective

  1. Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
  2. Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.

Noun

  1. Someone who lives in modern times.
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zen

Symbol

  1. ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Zenaga.

Noun

  1. Synonym of enlightenment, particularly the kind acquired through Zen meditation.
  2. An approach to instruction, understanding, or an activity similarly emphasizing simplicity and intuition rather than conventional thinking or fixation on goals.
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