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

桃红

Peach Blossom
TÁO · HÓNG
色不異空，空不異色
HEX
#F47983
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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
#F47983
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
244 121 131
red · green · blue
HSL
355° 31% 72%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 50 46 4
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「色不異空，空不異色」
—— 《心經》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

赤白相间之色（即粉红）的丝帛。本义为粉红，后泛指红色。

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

桃红 (Peach Blossom, #f47983) as the primary color for a brand identity, 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、银红、水红同法

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
桃红
#F47983
ACC
軟翠
#006D87
SEC
炎
#FF3300
LIGHT
朱红
#FF4C00
DARK
黑色
#000000
“桃红 与軟翠 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 桃红; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

桃红#F47983朱騂丹胭蘇二銅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·卷十三·糸部》

紅：帛赤白色。從糸工聲。

赤白相间之色（即粉红）的丝帛。本义为粉红，后泛指红色。

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* 57, 43, 21 · #D56767
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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