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

騏驎

Qilin Black
QÍ · LÍN
騏驎踏雲天馬獰，牛山撼碎珊瑚聲。
HEX
#12264F
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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
#12264F
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
18 38 79
red · green · blue
HSL
220° 17% 19%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
77 52 0 69
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「騏驎踏雲天馬獰，牛山撼碎珊瑚聲。」
—— 李商隱 · 《無愁果有愁曲北齊歌》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

騏本义为青黑色相间的马。騏驎色即青黑色。

iv · AI PROMPT

Qilin Black (#12264F) 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
騏驎
#12264F
ACC
棕黑
#7C4B00
SEC
靛青
#177CB0
LIGHT
铅白
#F0F0F4
DARK
縞羽
#EFEFEF
“騏驎 与棕黑 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 騏驎; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

騏驎#12264F螺石花蓝佛昏沙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·卷十·馬部》

騏：馬青驪，文如博棊也。从馬其聲。

騏本义为青黑色相间的马。騏驎色即青黑色。

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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