Chinese Color AtlasCHINESE TRADITIONAL COLOR ARCHIVE
CHAPTER Ⅰ · THE BODY OF COLOR
№ 020  /  555
蓝 · BLUE  ·  Modern attributed record

靛青

Indigo
DIÀN · QĪNG
色不異空，空不異色
HEX
#177CB0
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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
#177CB0
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
23 124 176
red · green · blue
HSL
200° 34% 39%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
87 30 0 31
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「色不異空，空不異色」
—— 《心經》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

东方之色（五行木所主）。从生从丹会意，象征草木生发。

iv · AI PROMPT

Indigo (#177CB0) as the primary color for a web-ui; 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
靛青
#177CB0
ACC
棕黑
#7C4B00
SEC
月魄
#B2B6B6
LIGHT
淺雲
#EAEEF1
DARK
黑色
#000000
“靛青 与棕黑 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 靛青; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

靛青#177CB0松碧靛吐群夏朱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·卷五·青部》

青：東方色也。木生火，從生、丹。丹青之信言象然。

东方之色（五行木所主）。从生从丹会意，象征草木生发。

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