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

水红

Shui Hong
SHUǏ · HÓNG
色不異空，空不異色
HEX
#F3D3E7
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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
#F3D3E7
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
243 211 231
red · green · blue
HSL
323° 10% 89%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 13 5 5
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「色不異空，空不異色」
—— 《心經》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

水为五行之一（北方属水）。水色（淡青透明）由水的无色外观引申。

iii · DYE RECIPE · 染方

质亦红花饼一味，浅深分两加减而成。必用白丝方现。

天工开物·彰施
DYE ARCHIVE
iv · AI PROMPT

水红 (水Red, #f3d3e7) as the primary color for a modern website, paired with complementary Chinese traditional colors, elegant and harmonious composition

Ⅴ · THE DYE RECIPE
天工开物·彰施
红花系

质亦红花饼一味，浅深分两加减而成。必用白丝方现。

与莲红、桃红、银红同法

宋应星 · 1637
TIANGONG KAIWU · MING DYNASTY
红花饼
红花系
Ⅵ · THE COMPANY IT KEEPS
a color is
known by its
neighbors.
PRI
水红
#F3D3E7
ACC
油绿
#00BC12
SEC
洋红
#FF0097
LIGHT
品红
#F00056
DARK
黑色
#000000
“水红 与油绿 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 水红; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

水红#F3D3E7藕粉退油櫻青蕉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·水部》

水，準也。北方之行。象眾水並流。

水为五行之一（北方属水）。水色（淡青透明）由水的无色外观引申。

SOURCE VIA WIKISOURCE ↗
SOURCE
zerosoul/chinese-colors · qianlong-color-spectrum
乾隆色谱测量数据 · 需引用论文与原书
VERIFICATION
测量色值
CIE L*a*b* 59, 42, 17 · #D86E72
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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