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

紫檀

Zi Tan
ZǏ · TÁN
色不異空，空不異色
HEX
#4C221B
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紫檀屏風 · Zitan Five-panel Screen · 清 · 乾隆 · 紫檀
ARCHIVE PHOTO · ARTIFACT

紫檀屏風

Zitan Five-panel Screen · 清 · 乾隆 · 紫檀

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
#4C221B
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
76 34 27
red · green · blue
HSL
9° 14% 20%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 55 64 70
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「色不異空，空不異色」
—— 《心經》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

青赤相间之色（蓝中带红，即紫色）的丝帛。

iv · AI PROMPT

紫檀 (Purple檀, #4c221b) as the primary color for a modern website, paired with complementary Chinese traditional colors, elegant and harmonious composition

Ⅵ · THE COMPANY IT KEEPS
a color is
known by its
neighbors.
PRI
紫檀
#4C221B
ACC
绀青绀紫
#003371
SEC
炎
#FF3300
LIGHT
朱红
#FF4C00
DARK
縞羽
#EFEFEF
“紫檀 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 紫檀; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

紫檀#4C221B芥龍赩纁檀苍西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
zerosoul/chinese-colors
zerosoul/chinese-colors · MIT
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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