Chinese Color AtlasCHINESE TRADITIONAL COLOR ARCHIVE

CHAPTER Ⅰ · THE BODY OF COLOR

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灰 · GRAY · Source-backed name

象牙白

Ivory

XIÀNG · YÁ · BÁI

色不異空，空不異色

HEX

#FFFBF0

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ARCHIVE PHOTO · CERAMIC

德化白瓷達摩

Dehua Bodhidharma in Meditation · 明清 · 17世紀 · 德化窯

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

#FFFBF0

hexadecimal · 6-bit

RGB

255 251 240

red · green · blue

HSL

44° 6% 97%

hue · saturation · lightness

CMYK

0 2 6 0

cyan · magenta · yellow · key

i · POETRY · 诗谶

「色不異空，空不異色」

—— 《心經》

ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

牙为大齿（臼齿）。象形字。牙色（象牙白色）为引申义。

iii · DYE RECIPE · 染方

芦木煎水薄染，或用黄土。

天工开物·彰施

DYE ARCHIVE

iv · AI PROMPT

象牙白 (Ivory, #fffbf0) as the primary color for a digital illustration, paired with complementary Chinese traditional colors, elegant and harmonious composition

Ⅴ · THE DYE RECIPE

天工开物·彰施

黄栌系

芦木煎水薄染，或用黄土。

二法可选

宋应星 · 1637

TIANGONG KAIWU · MING DYNASTY

黄栌木

黄栌系

黄土

黄栌系

Ⅵ · THE COMPANY IT KEEPS

a color is
known by its
neighbors.

PRI

象牙白

#FFFBF0

ACC

绀青绀紫

#003371

SEC

橘红

#FF7500

LIGHT

橙黄

#FFA400

DARK

黑色

#000000

“象牙白与绀青绀紫同陈，色相不夺，互为衬托。”
— DESIGNER NOTE · FROM THE PAIRING ARCHIVE

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FOLIO V · COLOR CONSTELLATION

Color Constellation

Read it from the center outward: the center is 象牙白; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

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·卷二·牙部》

牡齒也。象上下相錯之形。凡牙之屬皆从牙。

牙为大齿（臼齿）。象形字。牙色（象牙白色）为引申义。

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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