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

吉金

Auspicious Bronze
JÍ · JĪN
吉日初庚，吳王光擇其吉金，玄囗、白囗，台乍叔姬寺籲宗彝薦鑑。
HEX
#896D47
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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
#896D47
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
137 109 71
red · green · blue
HSL
35° 14% 41%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 20 48 46
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「吉日初庚，吳王光擇其吉金，玄囗、白囗，台乍叔姬寺籲宗彝薦鑑。」
—— 文物 · 《吳王光鑑》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

金为五金总称，黄色为其正色。「五色金」中「黄为之长」明确以黄为金之正色。

iv · AI PROMPT

Auspicious Bronze (#896D47) 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
吉金
#896D47
ACC
帝釋青
#003460
SEC
栀子黄
#E0B64E
LIGHT
米色
#DF9960
DARK
黑色
#000000
“吉金 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 吉金; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

吉金#896D47風蘇射雌松竊晴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·金部》

金，五色金也。黃爲之長。久薶不生衣，百鍊不輕。

金为五金总称，黄色为其正色。「五色金」中「黄为之长」明确以黄为金之正色。

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
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