Chinese Color AtlasCHINESE TRADITIONAL COLOR ARCHIVE

CHAPTER Ⅰ · THE BODY OF COLOR

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红 · RED · Modern attributed record

朱草

Zhu Cao

ZHŪ · CǍO

又和以朱草，一服之能乘虛而行雲。朱草狀似小棗，栽長三四尺，枝葉皆赤，莖如珊瑚。

HEX

#A64036

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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

#A64036

hexadecimal · 6-bit

RGB

166 64 54

red · green · blue

HSL

5° 24% 43%

hue · saturation · lightness

CMYK

0 61 67 35

cyan · magenta · yellow · key

i · POETRY · 诗谶

「又和以朱草，一服之能乘虛而行雲。朱草狀似小棗，栽長三四尺，枝葉皆赤，莖如珊瑚。」

—— 葛洪 · 《抱樸子·金丹》

ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

树心赤色的木材，松柏之属。本义为木材，后引申为赤色。

iv · AI PROMPT

朱草 (朱草, #A64036) 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

朱草

#A64036

ACC

帝釋青

#003460

SEC

米色

#DF9960

LIGHT

鱼红

#D36651

DARK

黑色

#000000

“朱草与帝釋青同陈，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 朱草; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

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·卷六·木部》

朱：赤心木。松柏屬。從木一在其中。

树心赤色的木材，松柏之属。本义为木材，后引申为赤色。

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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Chinese Color Atlas· MMXXVI

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