Chinese Color AtlasCHINESE TRADITIONAL COLOR ARCHIVE
CHAPTER Ⅰ · THE BODY OF COLOR
№ 456  /  555
黄 · YELLOW  ·  Source-backed name

天球

Celestial Sphere
TIĀN · QIÚ
天球大貝在高閣，見之使我慚輕薄。
HEX
#E0DFC6
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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
#E0DFC6
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
224 223 198
red · green · blue
HSL
58° 8% 83%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 0 12 12
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「天球大貝在高閣，見之使我慚輕薄。」
—— 陳恭尹 · 《贈別陳季長》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

天球为雍州所贡青色玉磬，色青如天，故名天球。天球色即此天青色。

iv · AI PROMPT

Celestial Sphere (#E0DFC6) 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
天球
#E0DFC6
ACC
橙黄
#FFA400
SEC
明黄
#DCB114
LIGHT
黑色
#000000
“天球 与橙黄 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 天球; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

天球#E0DFC6肉弗出琬斷青䒌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
《尚書·周書·顧命》

大玉、夷玉、天球、河圖，在東序。

天球为雍州所贡青色玉磬，色青如天，故名天球。天球色即此天青色。

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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