Chinese Color AtlasCHINESE TRADITIONAL COLOR ARCHIVE
CHAPTER Ⅰ · THE BODY OF COLOR
№ 115  /  555
红 · RED  ·  Source-backed name

爵頭

Sparrow-Head Brown
JUÉ · TÓU
雲『如爵頭然』者，以目驗爵頭，赤多黑少，故以爵頭為喻也。
HEX
#631216
SCROLL TO READ
↓
磁州彩繪牡丹紋碗 · Cizhou Overglaze-enamel Bowl with Peony · 金 · 12–13 世紀 · 磁州窯
ARCHIVE PHOTO · CERAMIC

磁州彩繪牡丹紋碗

Cizhou Overglaze-enamel Bowl with Peony · 金 · 12–13 世紀 · 磁州窯

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
#631216
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
99 18 22
red · green · blue
HSL
357° 22% 23%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 82 78 61
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「雲『如爵頭然』者，以目驗爵頭，赤多黑少，故以爵頭為喻也。」
—— 鄭玄 · 《儀禮注疏》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

爵（雀）頭色，赤多黑少，以麻雀頭部之色為喻。

iv · AI PROMPT

Sparrow-Head Brown (#631216) 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
爵頭
#631216
ACC
軟翠
#006D87
SEC
炎
#FF3300
LIGHT
朱红
#FF4C00
DARK
縞羽
#EFEFEF
“爵頭 与軟翠 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 爵頭; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

爵頭#631216古棗朱大丹石䌦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
《儀禮注疏》

雲『如爵頭然』者，以目驗爵頭，赤多黑少，故以爵頭為喻也。

爵（雀）頭色，赤多黑少，以麻雀頭部之色為喻。

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
NEXT
油葫蘆 →
NO. 116 / 555
Chinese Color Atlas· MMXXVI
555 COLORS · 24 SOLAR TERMS · SOURCE-AWARE TIERS