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

缃色

Pale Yellow
XIĀNG · SÈ
色不異空，空不異色
HEX
#F0C239
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黃釉梅瓶 · Imperial Yellow Glazed Meiping Vase · 清 · 17世紀 · 景德鎮
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黃釉梅瓶

Imperial Yellow Glazed Meiping Vase · 清 · 17世紀 · 景德鎮

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
#F0C239
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
240 194 57
red · green · blue
HSL
45° 39% 58%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 19 76 6
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「色不異空，空不異色」
—— 《心經》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

浅黄色之丝帛（古时书衣常用此色）。

iv · AI PROMPT

Pale Yellow (#F0C239) as the primary color for a packaging; 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
缃色
#F0C239
ACC
帝釋青
#003460
SEC
金黄
#CF8A14
LIGHT
山礬
#F5F3F2
DARK
黑色
#000000
“缃色 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 缃色; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

缃色#F0C239彤苕金乌凝元蒼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·卷十三·糸部》

緗：帛淺黃色也。從糸相聲。

浅黄色之丝帛（古时书衣常用此色）。

SOURCE VIA WIKISOURCE ↗
SOURCE
zerosoul/chinese-colors
zerosoul/chinese-colors · MIT
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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