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

菉竹

Green Bamboo
LÙ · ZHÚ
有草似竹，高五六尺，淇水側人謂之菉竹。
HEX
#698E6A
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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
#698E6A
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
105 142 106
red · green · blue
HSL
122° 7% 48%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
26 0 25 44
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「有草似竹，高五六尺，淇水側人謂之菉竹。」
—— 佚名 · 《草木疏》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

菉（古字同「绿」）竹即绿竹。《诗经》以「绿竹猗猗」（竹叶苍翠茂盛）喻君子之德，菉竹色即翠绿色。

iv · AI PROMPT

Green Bamboo (#698E6A) 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
菉竹
#698E6A
ACC
紫棠
#56004F
SEC
青葱
#0AA344
LIGHT
缥
#7FECAD
DARK
黑色
#000000
“菉竹 与紫棠 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 菉竹; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

菉竹#698E6A雀竹青绿青銀齊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
《詩經·衛風·淇奥》

瞻彼淇奧，綠竹猗猗。有匪君子，如切如磋，如琢如磨。

菉（古字同「绿」）竹即绿竹。《诗经》以「绿竹猗猗」（竹叶苍翠茂盛）喻君子之德，菉竹色即翠绿色。

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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