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

赤

Chi
CHÌ
色不異空，空不異色
HEX
#C3272B
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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
#C3272B
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
195 39 43
red · green · blue
HSL
359° 32% 46%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 80 78 24
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「色不異空，空不異色」
—— 《心經》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

南方之色（五行火所主），字形从大从火，会火光赤红之意。

iv · AI PROMPT

赤 (赤, #c3272b) as the primary color for a brand identity, paired with complementary Chinese traditional colors, elegant and harmonious composition

Ⅵ · THE COMPANY IT KEEPS
a color is
known by its
neighbors.
PRI
赤
#C3272B
ACC
軟翠
#006D87
SEC
黑色
#000000
LIGHT
縞羽
#EFEFEF
“赤 与軟翠 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 赤; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

赤#C3272B琥蛾胭水丹碧䌦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·卷十·赤部》

赤：南方色也。從大從火。

南方之色（五行火所主），字形从大从火，会火光赤红之意。

SOURCE VIA WIKISOURCE ↗
SOURCE
zerosoul/chinese-colors
zerosoul/chinese-colors · MIT
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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