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

草白

Cao Bai
CǍO · BÁI
松色隨野深，月露依草白。
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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
#BFC1A9
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
191 193 169
red · green · blue
HSL
65° 6% 71%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
1 0 12 24
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「松色隨野深，月露依草白。」
—— 鮑照 · 《過銅山掘黃精詩》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

白色如同冰开裂时所现之色（清冷透亮）。汉代刘熙《释名》。

iii · DYE RECIPE · 染方

靛水微染，今法用苋蓝煎水，半生半熟染。

天工开物·彰施
DYE ARCHIVE
iv · AI PROMPT

草白 (草White, #BFC1A9) as the primary color for a digital illustration, paired with complementary Chinese traditional colors, elegant and harmonious composition

Ⅴ · THE DYE RECIPE
天工开物·彰施
蓝靛系

靛水微染，今法用苋蓝煎水，半生半熟染。

与月白同法

宋应星 · 1637
TIANGONG KAIWU · MING DYNASTY
蓝靛
蓝靛系
苋蓝
蓝靛系
Ⅵ · THE COMPANY IT KEEPS
a color is
known by its
neighbors.
PRI
草白
#BFC1A9
ACC
明黄
#DCB114
SEC
柳绿
#AFDD22
LIGHT
黑色
#000000
DARK
縞羽
#EFEFEF
“草白 与明黄 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 草白; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

草白#BFC1A9葭青鳴蔥綺玄曾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
《釋名·釋綵帛》

白，啟也，如冰啟時色也。

白色如同冰开裂时所现之色（清冷透亮）。汉代刘熙《释名》。

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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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