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

葭灰

Reed Ash
JIĀ · HUĪ
玉管葭灰細細吹，流鶯上下燕參差。
HEX
#BEB1AA
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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
#BEB1AA
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
190 177 170
red · green · blue
HSL
21° 5% 71%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 7 11 25
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「玉管葭灰細細吹，流鶯上下燕參差。」
—— 李商隱 · 《池邊》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

葭灰是古代候气法所用芦苇膜烧灰，置于十二律管中以随节气飞动。葭灰色即芦苇灰烬的浅灰白色。

iv · AI PROMPT

Reed Ash (#BEB1AA) as the primary color for a illustration; 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

Ⅵ · THE COMPANY IT KEEPS
a color is
known by its
neighbors.
PRI
葭灰
#BEB1AA
ACC
帝釋青
#003460
SEC
炎
#FF3300
LIGHT
朱红
#FF4C00
DARK
黑色
#000000
“葭灰 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 葭灰; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

葭灰#BEB1AA草甘肉檀光柔苍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
《後漢書·律曆志上》

以葭莩灰抑其内端，案曆而候之。

葭灰是古代候气法所用芦苇膜烧灰，置于十二律管中以随节气飞动。葭灰色即芦苇灰烬的浅灰白色。

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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