The various daimyo favored the woven color (a jewel beetle) which had different colored keii (length and breath threads) in order to avoid the usage of prohibited colors, and competed for astringent and elegant 'woven colors,' such as matsushige, woven with purple and green strings, mokuranji (lily magnolia) woven with purple and yellow strings.
諸大名は禁じられた色を避けるために経緯（たてよこの糸）の色を変えた織色（玉虫）を好み、紫と緑の糸で織った松重、紫と黄色で織った木蘭地など、渋く上品な「織色」に趣味を競った。