Chinese Color AtlasCHINESE TRADITIONAL COLOR ARCHIVE
CHAPTER Ⅰ · THE BODY OF COLOR
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红 · RED  ·  Modern attributed record

胭脂蟲

Yan Zhi Chong
YĀN · ZHĪ · CHÓNG
誰碾硃砂擁菊叢，丹葩和露綻西風；一從番舶來中土，贏得扶桑曉日紅。
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#AB1D22
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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
#AB1D22
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
171 29 34
red · green · blue
HSL
358° 31% 39%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 83 80 33
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「誰碾硃砂擁菊叢，丹葩和露綻西風；一從番舶來中土，贏得扶桑曉日紅。」
—— 繆公恩 · 《洋紅》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

胭脂古作「燕支/燕脂」，本为红蓝花提炼的红色染料及妇女化妆颜料，唐诗多以「燕支」入色，泛指红色。胭脂虫为后世从洋红虫制取同类红色染料的物种。

iv · AI PROMPT

胭脂蟲 (胭脂蟲, #AB1D22) as the primary color for a digital illustration, paired with complementary Chinese traditional colors, elegant and harmonious composition

Ⅵ · THE COMPANY IT KEEPS
a color is
known by its
neighbors.
PRI
胭脂蟲
#AB1D22
ACC
軟翠
#006D87
SEC
黑色
#000000
LIGHT
縞羽
#EFEFEF
“胭脂蟲 与軟翠 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 胭脂蟲; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

胭脂蟲#AB1D22将棕水丹大碧䌦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
唐·盧照鄰《和吳侍御被使燕然》；唐·殷堯藩《吹笙歌》（漢典「燕支」引）

胡笳折楊柳，漢使採燕支。／伶兒竹聲愁繞空，秦女淚濕燕支紅。

胭脂古作「燕支/燕脂」，本为红蓝花提炼的红色染料及妇女化妆颜料，唐诗多以「燕支」入色，泛指红色。胭脂虫为后世从洋红虫制取同类红色染料的物种。

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
Modern attributed record
Modern compilation or design-use entry pending primary-source review
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