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

大红

Bright Red
DÀ · HÓNG
色不異空，空不異色
HEX
#FF2121
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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
#FF2121
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
255 33 33
red · green · blue
HSL
0° 47% 57%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 87 87 0
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「色不異空，空不異色」
—— 《心經》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

赤白相间之色（即粉红）的丝帛。本义为粉红，后泛指红色。

iii · DYE RECIPE · 染方

用红花饼一味，用乌梅水煎出。又用碱水澄数次，或稻稿灰代碱，功用亦同。澄得多次，色则鲜甚。染房讨便宜者，先染芦木打脚。

天工开物·彰施
DYE ARCHIVE
iv · AI PROMPT

Bright Red (#FF2121) as the primary color for a branding; use it as a measured Qianlong Palette reference, pair it with harmonious supporting colors, and do not treat the name translation as proof of an exact historical HEX value

Ⅴ · THE DYE RECIPE
天工开物·彰施
红花系

用红花饼一味，用乌梅水煎出。又用碱水澄数次，或稻稿灰代碱，功用亦同。澄得多次，色则鲜甚。染房讨便宜者，先染芦木打脚。

凡红花最忌沉、麝，袍服与衣香共收，旬月之间其色即毁。凡红花染帛之后，若欲退转，但浸湿所染帛，以碱水、稻灰水滴上数十点，其红一毫收转，仍还原质。所收之水藏于绿豆粉内，放出染红，半滴不耗。

宋应星 · 1637
TIANGONG KAIWU · MING DYNASTY
红花饼
红花系
乌梅水
红花系
碱水
红花系
稻稿灰
红花系
Ⅵ · THE COMPANY IT KEEPS
a color is
known by its
neighbors.
PRI
大红
#FF2121
ACC
軟翠
#006D87
SEC
黑色
#000000
LIGHT
縞羽
#EFEFEF
“大红 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 大红; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

大红#FF2121杏杏牙紅银月黛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·卷十三·糸部》

紅：帛赤白色。從糸工聲。

赤白相间之色（即粉红）的丝帛。本义为粉红，后泛指红色。

SOURCE VIA WIKISOURCE ↗
SOURCE
zerosoul/chinese-colors · qianlong-color-spectrum
乾隆色谱测量数据 · 需引用论文与原书
VERIFICATION
测量色值
CIE L*a*b* 54, 47, 24 · #D25B5A
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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