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

油紫

Oil Purple
YÓU · ZǏ
嘉祐染者，既入其色，復漬以油，故色重而近黑者，曰油紫。
HEX
#420B2F
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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
#420B2F
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
66 11 47
red · green · blue
HSL
321° 17% 15%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 83 29 74
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「嘉祐染者，既入其色，復漬以油，故色重而近黑者，曰油紫。」
—— 王得臣 · 《麈史·禮儀》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

青赤相间之色（蓝中带红，即紫色）的丝帛。

iv · AI PROMPT

Oil Purple (#420B2F) as the primary color for a illustration; use it as a attributed 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
油紫
#420B2F
ACC
青翠
#00E079
SEC
洋红
#FF0097
LIGHT
品红
#F00056
DARK
縞羽
#EFEFEF
“油紫 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 油紫; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

油紫#420B2F麒凝櫻水退青官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·糸部》

紫：帛青赤色。從糸此聲。

青赤相间之色（蓝中带红，即紫色）的丝帛。

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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