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

鹅黄

Gosling Yellow
É · HUÁNG
色不異空，空不異色
HEX
#FFF143
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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
#FFF143
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
255 241 67
red · green · blue
HSL
56° 42% 63%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 5 74 0
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「色不異空，空不異色」
—— 《心經》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

大地之色（五行土所主）。从田从光会意，象征土地阳光。

iii · DYE RECIPE · 染方

黄蘖煎水染，靛水盖上。

天工开物·彰施
DYE ARCHIVE
iv · AI PROMPT

Gosling Yellow (#FFF143) as the primary color for a packaging; use it as a source-aware Chinese color 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
套染系

黄蘖煎水染，靛水盖上。

套染：先黄后蓝

宋应星 · 1637
TIANGONG KAIWU · MING DYNASTY
黄蘖
套染系
蓝靛
套染系
Ⅵ · THE COMPANY IT KEEPS
a color is
known by its
neighbors.
PRI
鹅黄
#FFF143
ACC
橙黄
#FFA400
SEC
雷雨垂
#7A7B78
LIGHT
黑色
#000000
DARK
縞羽
#EFEFEF
“鹅黄 与橙黄 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 鹅黄; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

鹅黄#FFF143橙橘黃半霜紫䒌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·黃部》

黃：地之色也。從田從炗，炗亦聲。炗，古文光。

大地之色（五行土所主）。从田从光会意，象征土地阳光。

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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