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

玄天

Mysterious Heaven
XUÁN · TIĀN
牝土之氣，禦於玄天。
HEX
#6B5458
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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
#6B5458
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
107 84 88
red · green · blue
HSL
350° 5% 38%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 21 18 58
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「牝土之氣，禦於玄天。」
—— 劉安 · 《淮南子·地形训》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

玄英为冬之色（黑里带赤的深玄之色）。《尔雅》四时配色：青阳-朱明-白藏-玄英。补充《说文》「黑而有赤色者为玄」。

iv · AI PROMPT

Mysterious Heaven (#6B5458) as the primary color for a illustration; 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
玄天
#6B5458
ACC
軟翠
#006D87
SEC
炎
#FF3300
LIGHT
酡红
#DC3023
DARK
黑色
#000000
“玄天 与軟翠 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 玄天; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

玄天#6B5458濯紫朱火铁水铜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
《爾雅·釋天》

春為青陽，夏為朱明，秋為白藏，冬為玄英。

玄英为冬之色（黑里带赤的深玄之色）。《尔雅》四时配色：青阳-朱明-白藏-玄英。补充《说文》「黑而有赤色者为玄」。

SOURCE VIA WIKISOURCE ↗
SOURCE
daodaolee/china-color · forbidden-city-aesthetics
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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