I’ve always wondered about the choices/decisions for Beni & Venetta’s color schemes, because the little pops of bright green seemed to pop out in their designs, which I’ve always liked. I’ve recently read up on colors in Japan (completely unrelated to the show), and came upon an interesting fact about Beni’s name and other colors in association with her. While Beni’s name is often translated to ‘crimson’ (thus the name for the Beni x Guren ship ‘shades of red’, besides their obvious color themes since Guren’s name is a reference to a crimson or red lotus), there’s an actual association with her name and a bright colored green. There’s a Japanese color that’s a rouge called ‘Beni’ that comes from a kind of saffron flower. It’s traditionally stored in ceramic bowls and still sold like that to this day. Beni is applied to the lip with a wet brush on the inside of the bowl and has 5-6 different shades depending on the number of applications. What’s so unique about this cosmetic other than the way it’s stored and the number of shades that come from one formula, is that it turns an iridescent green. In fact, High quality Beni is known for this iconic color when dried it’s it ceramic container. While there’s been different companies that have manufactured the color over the centuries, A company called Isehan Honten still sells it and manufactures it the same exact way that it was when it was founded in 1825. While they don’t ship outside Japan, they have an English website that gives the history of both the color and the company, the color swatches and number of applications, as well as a video on how to apply it.

I wonder what does she look like, if she had (Titan Mode).