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

丹秫

Dan Shu
DĀN · SHÚ
鍾氏染羽，以朱湛丹秫，三月而熾之，淳而漬之。
HEX
#873424
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Chicken cup · 明 · 1368–1644

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
#873424
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
135 52 36
red · green · blue
HSL
10° 23% 34%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 61 73 47
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「鍾氏染羽，以朱湛丹秫，三月而熾之，淳而漬之。」
—— 周公旦 · 《周禮·考工記》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

巴蜀越地所产的赤色矿石（即朱砂矿），字形像采丹井。

iv · AI PROMPT

丹秫 (丹秫, #873424) as the primary color for a digital illustration, paired with complementary Chinese traditional colors, elegant and harmonious composition

Ⅵ · THE COMPANY IT KEEPS
a color is
known by its
neighbors.
PRI
丹秫
#873424
ACC
绀青绀紫
#003371
SEC
炎
#FF3300
LIGHT
朱红
#FF4C00
DARK
黑色
#000000
“丹秫 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 丹秫; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

丹秫#873424青铁赤小術月莹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·卷五·丹部》

丹：巴越之赤石也。象采丹井，一象丹形。

巴蜀越地所产的赤色矿石（即朱砂矿），字形像采丹井。

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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