Chinese Color AtlasCHINESE TRADITIONAL COLOR ARCHIVE
CHAPTER Ⅰ · THE BODY OF COLOR
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褐 · BROWN  ·  Modern attributed record

沉香

Chen Xiang
CHÉN · XIĀNG
寧知謫仙子，捧研在沉香。
HEX
#99806C
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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
#99806C
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
153 128 108
red · green · blue
HSL
27° 9% 51%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 16 29 40
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「寧知謫仙子，捧研在沉香。」
—— 胡應麟 · 《嘲老杜》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

沉香为瑞香科树木受伤后结香的深褐色树脂与木质混合物。沉香色即沉香木材的深褐至黑色。

iv · AI PROMPT

沉香 (沉香, #99806C) as the primary color for a digital illustration, paired with complementary Chinese traditional colors, elegant and harmonious composition

Ⅵ · THE COMPANY IT KEEPS
a color is
known by its
neighbors.
PRI
沉香
#99806C
ACC
绀青绀紫
#003371
SEC
松绿
#875D23
LIGHT
棕黄
#AE7000
DARK
黑色
#000000
“沉香 与绀青绀紫 同陈，色相不夺，互为衬托。”
— DESIGNER NOTE · FROM THE PAIRING ARCHIVE
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FOLIO V · COLOR CONSTELLATION

Color Constellation

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

沉香#99806C葡執露橙杏红星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
《本草綱目·木部·沉香》

沉香，入水即沉，故名。其木心節堅黑，置水則沉。

沉香为瑞香科树木受伤后结香的深褐色树脂与木质混合物。沉香色即沉香木材的深褐至黑色。

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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
Modern attributed record
Modern compilation or design-use entry pending primary-source review
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