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

菘藍

Woad Blue
SŌNG · LÁN
凡藍五種，皆可為淀；茶藍即菘藍，插根活。
HEX
#6B798E
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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
#6B798E
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
107 121 142
red · green · blue
HSL
216° 7% 49%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
25 15 0 44
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「凡藍五種，皆可為淀；茶藍即菘藍，插根活。」
—— 宋應星 · 《天工開物》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

藍是可用于染出青色（蓝色）的植物（蓼蓝/菘蓝），「染靑艸」直接点明其蓝色染料属性。

iv · AI PROMPT

Woad Blue (#6B798E) 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
菘藍
#6B798E
ACC
棕黑
#7C4B00
SEC
深蓝
#1E506D
LIGHT
红青
#1D405C
DARK
黑色
#000000
“菘藍 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 菘藍; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

菘藍#6B798E苍黝監淡黛姜黃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·卷一·艸部》

染靑艸也。从艸監聲。魯甘切

藍是可用于染出青色（蓝色）的植物（蓼蓝/菘蓝），「染靑艸」直接点明其蓝色染料属性。

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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