Chinese Color AtlasCHINESE TRADITIONAL COLOR ARCHIVE
CHAPTER Ⅰ · THE BODY OF COLOR
№ 016  /  555
蓝 · BLUE  ·  Source-backed name

碧城

Jade City
BÌ · CHÉNG
居紫雲之闕，碧霞為城。
HEX
#12507B
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Ⅱ · THE BODY MEASURED
色之数
一种颜色的身体，可以被四种不同的语言
讲述。设计师只取其一。
HEX
#12507B
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
18 80 123
red · green · blue
HSL
205° 27% 28%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
85 35 0 52
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「居紫雲之闕，碧霞為城。」
—— 李昉 · 《太平御覽》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

碧是色泽青绿美丽的玉石，「靑」字直接出现在定义中，明确为青绿色的玉石色。

iv · AI PROMPT

Jade City (#12507B) as the primary color for a illustration; use it as a attributed Chinese color reference, pair it with harmonious supporting colors, and do not treat the name translation as proof of an exact historical HEX value

Ⅵ · THE COMPANY IT KEEPS
a color is
known by its
neighbors.
PRI
碧城
#12507B
ACC
棕黑
#7C4B00
SEC
月魄
#B2B6B6
LIGHT
淺雲
#EAEEF1
DARK
黑色
#000000
“碧城 与棕黑 同陈，色相不夺，互为衬托。”
— DESIGNER NOTE · FROM THE PAIRING ARCHIVE
FIGMA ↓
FOLIO V · COLOR CONSTELLATION

Color Constellation

Read it from the center outward: the center is 碧城; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

碧城#12507B䌦石墨墨藍扶媚INNER · ADJACENTMIDDLE · ANALOGOUSOUTER · COMPLEMENT
ADJACENT
Adjacent

Close hue neighbors

ANALOGOUS
Analogous

Same-temperature drift

COMPLEMENT
Complement

Counterpoint across the orbit

ETYMOLOGY · 色名出处
《說文解字·卷一·玉部》

石之靑美者。从玉石，白聲。兵尺切

碧是色泽青绿美丽的玉石，「靑」字直接出现在定义中，明确为青绿色的玉石色。

SOURCE VIA WIKISOURCE ↗
SOURCE
daodaolee/china-color
daodaolee/china-color · 现代整理来源
VERIFICATION
色名出处
已附语源或色名来源说明；HEX 仍按现代设计近似处理。
RELIABILITY
Source-backed name
Name or color sense has source support; HEX may be a modern approximation unless measured data is attached
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