Chinese Color AtlasCHINESE TRADITIONAL COLOR ARCHIVE
CHAPTER Ⅰ · THE BODY OF COLOR
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褐 · BROWN  ·  Source-backed name

蒼艾

Mugwort Gray-Green
CĀNG · ÀI
蒼艾浸成色，素絲颯垂領。
HEX
#5A4C3B
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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
#5A4C3B
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
90 76 59
red · green · blue
HSL
31° 8% 29%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 16 34 65
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「蒼艾浸成色，素絲颯垂領。」
—— 釋文珦 · 《老景》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

苍即天的青蓝色（春天之色）。《尔雅》将其与四时相配。

iv · AI PROMPT

Mugwort Gray-Green (#5A4B3B) 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
蒼艾
#5A4C3B
ACC
帝釋青
#003460
SEC
炎
#FF3300
LIGHT
朱红
#FF4C00
DARK
黑色
#000000
“蒼艾 与帝釋青 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 蒼艾; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

蒼艾#5A4C3B蜜缁鬱養明品青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
《爾雅·釋天》

穹蒼，蒼天也。春為蒼天，夏為昊天，秋為旻天，冬為上天。

苍即天的青蓝色（春天之色）。《尔雅》将其与四时相配。

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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