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

天水碧

Heaven-Water Jade
TIĀN · SHUǏ · BÌ
天水碧，因煜之內人染碧，夕露於中庭，為露所染，其色特好，遂名之。
HEX
#5AA4AE
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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
#5AA4AE
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
90 164 174
red · green · blue
HSL
187° 17% 52%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
48 6 0 32
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「天水碧，因煜之內人染碧，夕露於中庭，為露所染，其色特好，遂名之。」
—— 鮑士恭 · 《五國故事》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

水为五行之一（北方属水）。水色（淡青透明）由水的无色外观引申。

iv · AI PROMPT

Heaven-Water Jade (#5AA4AE) 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
天水碧
#5AA4AE
ACC
朱櫻
#8F1D22
SEC
深蓝
#1E506D
LIGHT
红青
#1D405C
DARK
黑色
#000000
“天水碧 与朱櫻 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 天水碧; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

天水碧#5AA4AE蒼青螺正湖鶴酱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·水部》

水，準也。北方之行。象眾水並流。

水为五行之一（北方属水）。水色（淡青透明）由水的无色外观引申。

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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