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

玄校

Black Silk
XUÁN · XIÀO
玄也者，黑也；校也者，若緑色然，婦人未嫁者衣之。
HEX
#A9A082
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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
#A9A082
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
169 160 130
red · green · blue
HSL
46° 8% 59%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 5 23 34
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「玄也者，黑也；校也者，若緑色然，婦人未嫁者衣之。」
—— 戴德 · 《大戴禮記·夏小正》
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

Black Silk (#A9A082) 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
玄校
#A9A082
ACC
帝釋青
#003460
SEC
金黄
#CF8A14
LIGHT
松绿
#875D23
DARK
黑色
#000000
“玄校 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 玄校; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

玄校#A9A082碧绾桑骨綟元紺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
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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