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

金黄

Qianlong Golden Yellow
JIN · HUANG
色不異空，空不異色
HEX
#CF8A14
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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
#CF8A14
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
207 138 20
red · green · blue
HSL
38° 82% 45%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 33 90 19
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「色不異空，空不異色」
—— 《心經》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

金为五金总称，黄色为其正色。「五色金」中「黄为之长」明确以黄为金之正色。

iii · DYE RECIPE · 染方

黃櫨染金黃色，復以麻稈灰淋水漂洗。

天工開物·諸色質料
DYE ARCHIVE
iv · AI PROMPT

Qianlong Golden Yellow (#CF8A14) as the primary color for a palace; use it as a measured Qianlong Palette reference, pair it with harmonious supporting colors, and do not treat the name translation as proof of an exact historical HEX value

Ⅴ · THE DYE RECIPE
天工開物·諸色質料
黃染

黃櫨染金黃色，復以麻稈灰淋水漂洗。

《天工開物》列「金黃色」染材與漂洗法。乾隆金黃另有清宮色度測量資料，此處補充傳統染法脈絡。 來源：https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A9%E5%B7%A5%E9%96%8B%E7%89%A9/%E8%AB%B8%E8%89%B2%E8%B3%AA%E6%96%99

宋应星 · 1637
TIANGONG KAIWU · MING DYNASTY
黃櫨
黃染
麻稈灰
黃染
Ⅵ · THE COMPANY IT KEEPS
a color is
known by its
neighbors.
PRI
金黄
#CF8A14
ACC
帝釋青
#003460
SEC
山礬
#F5F3F2
LIGHT
玉頩
#EAE5E3
DARK
黑色
#000000
“金黄 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 金黄; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

金黄#CF8A14柳嫩流柿蛾佛元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·金部》

金，五色金也。黃爲之長。久薶不生衣，百鍊不輕。

金为五金总称，黄色为其正色。「五色金」中「黄为之长」明确以黄为金之正色。

SOURCE VIA WIKISOURCE ↗
SOURCE
qianlong-color-spectrum · tiangong-kaiwu
乾隆色谱测量数据 · 需引用论文与原书
VERIFICATION
测量色值
CIE L*a*b* 63, 18, 65 · #CF8A14
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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