Chinese Color AtlasCHINESE TRADITIONAL COLOR ARCHIVE
CHAPTER Ⅰ · THE BODY OF COLOR
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褐 · BROWN  ·  Modern attributed record

明茶褐

Ming Cha He
MÍNG · CHÁ · HÈ
染明茶褐，以帛十兩為率。黃蘆五兩半研碎，白礬二兩研末。
HEX
#9E8368
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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
#9E8368
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
158 131 104
red · green · blue
HSL
30° 11% 51%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 17 34 38
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「染明茶褐，以帛十兩為率。黃蘆五兩半研碎，白礬二兩研末。」
—— 佚名 · 《居家必用事類全集》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

茶（本字荼）为苦菜/茶树。茶色（褐黄色）为引申义。

iii · DYE RECIPE · 染方

莲子壳煎水染，复用青矾水盖。

天工开物·彰施
DYE ARCHIVE
iv · AI PROMPT

明茶褐 (明茶褐, #9E8368) 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
莲子壳系

莲子壳煎水染，复用青矾水盖。

套染

宋应星 · 1637
TIANGONG KAIWU · MING DYNASTY
莲子壳
莲子壳系
青矾
莲子壳系
Ⅵ · THE COMPANY IT KEEPS
a color is
known by its
neighbors.
PRI
明茶褐
#9E8368
ACC
绀青绀紫
#003371
SEC
松绿
#875D23
LIGHT
棕黄
#AE7000
DARK
黑色
#000000
“明茶褐 与绀青绀紫 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 明茶褐; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

明茶褐#9E8368葡茹椒弗驼品青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·卷一·艸部》

苦荼也。从艸余聲。

茶（本字荼）为苦菜/茶树。茶色（褐黄色）为引申义。

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
Modern attributed record
Modern compilation or design-use entry pending primary-source review
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