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

朱草

Vermilion Grass
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

Vermilion Grass (#A64036) 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
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.

朱草#A64036魏老蒼石珊蔚法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
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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