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

帝釋青

Indigo Blue
DÌ · SHÌ · QĪNG
霜余遠水呈天碧，雨過遙空現帝青。
HEX
#003460
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維摩詰經變圖 · Vimalakirti and the Doctrine of Nonduality · 元 · 1271–1368
ARCHIVE PHOTO · PAINTING

維摩詰經變圖

Vimalakirti and the Doctrine of Nonduality · 元 · 1271–1368

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
#003460
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
0 52 96
red · green · blue
HSL
208° 27% 19%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
100 46 0 62
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「霜余遠水呈天碧，雨過遙空現帝青。」
—— 樓鑰 · 《題桃源王少卿占山亭》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

东方之色（五行木所主）。从生从丹会意，象征草木生发。

iv · AI PROMPT

帝釋青 (Indigo Blue, #003460) 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
帝釋青
#003460
ACC
棕黑
#7C4B00
SEC
淺雲
#EAEEF1
LIGHT
花白
#C2CCD0
DARK
縞羽
#EFEFEF
“帝釋青 与棕黑 同陈，色相不夺，互为衬托。”
— DESIGNER NOTE · FROM THE PAIRING ARCHIVE
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FOLIO V · COLOR CONSTELLATION

Color Constellation

Read it from the center outward: the center is 帝釋青; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

帝釋青#003460青石苍碧红橘駝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·青部》

青：東方色也。木生火，從生、丹。丹青之信言象然。

东方之色（五行木所主）。从生从丹会意，象征草木生发。

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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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