| Again, not the color, but the quality of the skin. Sakai of matsunosuke likes to describe the difference in terms of texture. He refers to average koi skin as being like canvas or white denim. And he refers to good skin as having a silk-like texture.
So in reviewing skin, And I like Kindai's photos, thing this way:
For appearance- think of the porcelain bowl like kindai posted. The translucent nature of the skin is well illustrated in that picture of the bowl.
For atmosphere or impression, thing of Sakai's lesson of coarse white canvas vs. white silk
And for color itself, look for soft white in adult females beyond the age of three and cream-like ( off white, NOT buff colored) color in youngsters.
JR |