ABSTRACT Korea, China and Japan are neighboring countries in the Northeast Asia, having an influence upon a lot of social elements such as politics and culture in the past history, and they have a great number of similarities in the aspect of many soc...
ABSTRACT Korea, China and Japan are neighboring countries in the Northeast Asia, having an influence upon a lot of social elements such as politics and culture in the past history, and they have a great number of similarities in the aspect of many social elements. In addition, they have similar natural environment and historically maintain close relations, creating a similar cultural area. This paper is aimed at studying uniqueness of the tradition of Korean food colors, through study on the Korean, Chinese and Japanese food and colors representing one of Asian culture. Currently it is necessary to prepare principal data for expanding food industry and globalizing Korean food. Accordingly, this study is intended to survey the Korean, Chinese and Japanese food colors, having a direct and indirect influence on various fields each other, and analyze color uniqueness and characteristics of each country, before prepare basic data for globalizing Korean food.