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

檀褐

Sandalwood Brown
TÁN · HÈ
檀褐，用土黃入紫花合。
HEX
#945635
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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
#945635
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
148 86 53
red · green · blue
HSL
21° 21% 39%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 42 64 42
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「檀褐，用土黃入紫花合。」
—— 陶宗儀 · 《輟耕錄·寫像訣》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

檀本义为檀树（青檀/白檀），说文仅释为树木。檀色（浅绛紫褐色）由后世文学引申，取檀木之色。

iv · AI PROMPT

Sandalwood Brown (#945635) 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
檀褐
#945635
ACC
帝釋青
#003460
SEC
栀子黄
#E0B64E
LIGHT
米色
#DF9960
DARK
黑色
#000000
“檀褐 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 檀褐; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

檀褐#945635魏铁葭鱼朱吐柔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·卷六·木部》

檀，木也。从木亶聲。

檀本义为檀树（青檀/白檀），说文仅释为树木。檀色（浅绛紫褐色）由后世文学引申，取檀木之色。

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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