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

大赤

Great Scarlet
DÀ · CHÌ
大赤，九旗之通帛。
HEX
#AA9649
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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
#AA9649
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
170 150 73
red · green · blue
HSL
48° 20% 48%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 12 57 33
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「大赤，九旗之通帛。」
—— 鄭玄 · 《周礼·春官·巾车·注》
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

Great Scarlet (#AA9649) 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
大赤
#AA9649
ACC
帝釋青
#003460
SEC
米色
#DF9960
LIGHT
松绿
#875D23
DARK
黑色
#000000
“大赤 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 大赤; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

大赤#AA9649棠茶黃綟明紺元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
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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