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

麒麟竭

Dragon's-Blood Red
QÍ · LÍN · JIÉ
其脂液從木中流出，滴下如膠飴，久則堅凝而成，赤如血色，故謂之血竭。
HEX
#4C1E1A
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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
#4C1E1A
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
76 30 26
red · green · blue
HSL
5° 14% 20%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 61 66 70
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「其脂液從木中流出，滴下如膠飴，久則堅凝而成，赤如血色，故謂之血竭。」
—— 蘇頌 · 《本草圖經》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

麒麟竭即血竭（dragon's blood），为麒麟竭树渗出的红色树脂，赤如血色。麒麟竭色即赤红血色。

iv · AI PROMPT

Dragon's-Blood Red (#4C1E1A) 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
麒麟竭
#4C1E1A
ACC
帝釋青
#003460
SEC
炎
#FF3300
LIGHT
朱红
#FF4C00
DARK
縞羽
#EFEFEF
“麒麟竭 与帝釋青 同陈，色相不夺，互为衬托。”
— DESIGNER NOTE · FROM THE PAIRING ARCHIVE
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FOLIO V · COLOR CONSTELLATION

Color Constellation

Read it from the center outward: the center is 麒麟竭; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

麒麟竭#4C1E1A芥龍蜜酡朱法蔚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
《本草綱目·木部·麒麟竭》

麒麟竭，一名血竭。其脂液從木中流出，滴下如膠飴狀，久久堅凝成竭，赤如血色。

麒麟竭即血竭（dragon's blood），为麒麟竭树渗出的红色树脂，赤如血色。麒麟竭色即赤红血色。

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SOURCE
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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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