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

紫菂

Purple Lotus Seed
ZǏ · DÌ
浪靜鮮鱗躍，風恬紫菂妍。
HEX
#9B8EA9
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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
#9B8EA9
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
155 142 169
red · green · blue
HSL
269° 6% 61%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
8 16 0 34
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「浪靜鮮鱗躍，風恬紫菂妍。」
—— 玄燁 · 《玉泉春曉》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

青赤相间之色（蓝中带红，即紫色）的丝帛。

iv · AI PROMPT

Purple Lotus Seed (#9B8EA9) 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
紫菂
#9B8EA9
ACC
水龍吟
#84A729
SEC
青莲
#801DAE
LIGHT
藏蓝
#3B2E7E
DARK
黑色
#000000
“紫菂 与水龍吟 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 紫菂; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

紫菂#9B8EA9銀木乌乌黛蔥蒼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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