Chinese Color AtlasCHINESE TRADITIONAL COLOR ARCHIVE
CHAPTER Ⅰ · THE BODY OF COLOR
№ 279  /  567
紫 · PURPLE  ·  Source-backed name

茈藐

Ci Miao
CÍ · MIǍO
北五十里，曰勞山，多茈草。
HEX
#A67EB7
SCROLL TO READ
↓
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
#A67EB7
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
166 126 183
red · green · blue
HSL
282° 13% 61%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
9 31 0 28
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「北五十里，曰勞山，多茈草。」
—— 不详 · 《山海經·西山經》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

茈藐为可以染紫色的草本植物（即紫草）。茈藐色即紫草所染之紫色。

iv · AI PROMPT

茈藐 (茈藐, #A67EB7) 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
茈藐
#A67EB7
ACC
油绿
#00BC12
SEC
青莲
#801DAE
LIGHT
紫棠
#56004F
DARK
黑色
#000000
“茈藐 与油绿 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 茈藐; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

茈藐#A67EB7木丁香青三砂葭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·艸部》+《爾雅·釋草》

茈：茈艸也。从艸此聲。/ 藐，茈草。可以染紫。

茈藐为可以染紫色的草本植物（即紫草）。茈藐色即紫草所染之紫色。

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
NEXT
醽醁 →
NO. 280 / 567
Chinese Color Atlas· MMXXVI
567 COLORS · 24 SOLAR TERMS · SOURCE-AWARE TIERS