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

胭脂水

Rouge Wash
YĀN · ZHĪ · SHUǏ
翻疑誤潑胭脂水，化出花身迥不同。
HEX
#B95A89
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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
#B95A89
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
185 90 137
red · green · blue
HSL
330° 19% 54%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 51 26 27
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「翻疑誤潑胭脂水，化出花身迥不同。」
—— 金朝覲 · 《紫丁香》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

水为五行之一（北方属水）。水色（淡青透明）由水的无色外观引申。

iv · AI PROMPT

Rouge Wash (#B95A89) 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
胭脂水
#B95A89
ACC
青翠
#00E079
SEC
殷红
#BE002F
LIGHT
粉色
#D8A7AD
DARK
黑色
#000000
“胭脂水 与青翠 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 胭脂水; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

胭脂水#B95A89檀唇黲紫地縹石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·水部》

水，準也。北方之行。象眾水並流。

水为五行之一（北方属水）。水色（淡青透明）由水的无色外观引申。

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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