Chinese Color AtlasCHINESE TRADITIONAL COLOR ARCHIVE
CHAPTER Ⅰ · THE BODY OF COLOR
№ 475  /  555
红 · RED  ·  Source-backed name

檎丹

Crabapple Red
QÍN · DĀN
林擒味好來山鵲，啄破枝頭數點紅。
HEX
#E94829
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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
#E94829
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
233 72 41
red · green · blue
HSL
10° 39% 54%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 69 82 9
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「林擒味好來山鵲，啄破枝頭數點紅。」
—— 徐庸 · 《林禽山鵲》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

巴蜀越地所产的赤色矿石（即朱砂矿），字形像采丹井。

iv · AI PROMPT

Crabapple Red (#E94829) 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
檎丹
#E94829
ACC
帝釋青
#003460
SEC
黑色
#000000
LIGHT
縞羽
#EFEFEF
“檎丹 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 檎丹; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

檎丹#E94829缃黃赤小木月莹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·丹部》

丹：巴越之赤石也。象采丹井，一象丹形。

巴蜀越地所产的赤色矿石（即朱砂矿），字形像采丹井。

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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