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

紫苑

Aster Purple
ZǏ · YUÀN
春暉開紫苑，淑景媚蘭場。
HEX
#757CBB
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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
#757CBB
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
117 124 187
red · green · blue
HSL
234° 15% 60%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
37 34 0 27
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「春暉開紫苑，淑景媚蘭場。」
—— 李世民 · 《芳蘭》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

青赤相间之色（蓝中带红，即紫色）的丝帛。

iv · AI PROMPT

Aster Purple (#757CBB) 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
紫苑
#757CBB
ACC
棕黑
#7C4B00
SEC
铅白
#F0F0F4
LIGHT
银白
#E9E7EF
DARK
黑色
#000000
“紫苑 与棕黑 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 紫苑; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

紫苑#757CBB挼竹宝暮䒌明筠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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