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

姚黃

Yao Huang
YÁO · HUÁNG
曾與詩翁定花品，一丘一壑過姚黃。
HEX
#D6BC46
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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
#D6BC46
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
214 188 70
red · green · blue
HSL
49° 30% 56%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 12 67 16
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「曾與詩翁定花品，一丘一壑過姚黃。」
—— 陸游 · 《梅花絕句十首其二》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

大地之色（五行土所主）。从田从光会意，象征土地阳光。

iv · AI PROMPT

姚黃 (姚黃, #D6BC46) 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
姚黃
#D6BC46
ACC
绀青绀紫
#003371
SEC
松绿
#875D23
LIGHT
京元
#31322C
DARK
黑色
#000000
“姚黃 与绀青绀紫 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 姚黃; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

姚黃#D6BC46青豆王秋苍紺漆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·卷十三·黃部》

黃：地之色也。從田從炗，炗亦聲。炗，古文光。

大地之色（五行土所主）。从田从光会意，象征土地阳光。

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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