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

荊褐

Thorn Brown
JĪNG · HÈ
染荊褐，以物帛十兩為率。荊葉五兩、白礬二兩、皂礬少許。
HEX
#906C4A
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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
#906C4A
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
144 108 74
red · green · blue
HSL
29° 15% 43%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 25 49 44
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「染荊褐，以物帛十兩為率。荊葉五兩、白礬二兩、皂礬少許。」
—— 佚名 · 《居家必用事類全集》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

褐本义为粗麻编织的袜子，或指粗布衣物。后世以布料自然色（黄棕色）引申为褐色之名。

iv · AI PROMPT

Thorn Brown (#906C4A) 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
荊褐
#906C4A
ACC
帝釋青
#003460
SEC
栀子黄
#E0B64E
LIGHT
米色
#DF9960
DARK
黑色
#000000
“荊褐 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 荊褐; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

荊褐#906C4A綠風弗紅黃挼育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·卷八·衣部》

編枲韤。一曰粗衣。从衣曷聲。胡葛切

褐本义为粗麻编织的袜子，或指粗布衣物。后世以布料自然色（黄棕色）引申为褐色之名。

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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