The color of kosode was always white; hakama was pleated and its color was always scarlet in the Heian period regardless of marriage status; after the Edo period, an unmarried woman wore a deep violet hakama, while a married woman wore a scarlet hakama.
小袖の色は常に白、袴は捻襠(ねじまち)仕立てで、色は平安時代には未既婚にかかわらず常に緋とされたが江戸時代以降は未婚者は濃紫(こき)、既婚者は緋とされた。