Chinese Color AtlasCHINESE TRADITIONAL COLOR ARCHIVE
CHAPTER Ⅰ · THE BODY OF COLOR
№ 035  /  555
黑 · BLACK  ·  Source-backed name

元青

Qianlong Yuanqing Blue I
YUAN · QING
色不異空，空不異色
HEX
#2C3139
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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
#2C3139
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
44 49 57
red · green · blue
HSL
217° 13% 20%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
23 14 0 78
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「色不異空，空不異色」
—— 《心經》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

东方之色（五行木所主）。从生从丹会意，象征草木生发。

iii · DYE RECIPE · 染方

清宫织染复原色；据乾隆色谱测量数据，主要染料为 靛青、大黄。

乾隆色谱：17-19世纪纺织品染料研究与颜色复原 / 基于色度测量的乾隆色谱色彩特征研究
DYE ARCHIVE
iv · AI PROMPT

Qianlong Yuanqing Blue I (#2C3139) 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
乾隆色谱：17-19世纪纺织品染料研究与颜色复原 / 基于色度测量的乾隆色谱色彩特征研究
清宫织染复原

清宫织染复原色；据乾隆色谱测量数据，主要染料为 靛青、大黄。

CIE L*a*b* 测量值 L=20, a=0, b=-6；测量 HEX #2C3139。来源：http://www.fzxb.org.cn/CN/10.13475/j.fzxb.20211203107

宋应星 · 1637
TIANGONG KAIWU · MING DYNASTY
靛青
清宫织染复原
大黄
清宫织染复原
Ⅵ · THE COMPANY IT KEEPS
a color is
known by its
neighbors.
PRI
元青
#2C3139
ACC
棕黑
#7C4B00
SEC
蓝
#44CEF6
LIGHT
靛青
#177CB0
DARK
縞羽
#EFEFEF
“元青 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 元青; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

元青#2C3139螺青黛監獺遠降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·卷五·青部》

青：東方色也。木生火，從生、丹。丹青之信言象然。

东方之色（五行木所主）。从生从丹会意，象征草木生发。

SOURCE VIA WIKISOURCE ↗
SOURCE
qianlong-color-spectrum
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* 20, 0, -6 · #2C3139
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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