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

琬琰

Wan Yan
WǍN · YǍN
吸飛泉之微液兮， 懷琬琰之華英。
HEX
#A9A886
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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
#A9A886
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
169 168 134
red · green · blue
HSL
58° 8% 59%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
0 1 21 34
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「吸飛泉之微液兮， 懷琬琰之華英。」
—— 屈原 · 《楚辭遠遊》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

琬琰指上尖下方之玉圭（琬）与有浮雕纹饰之玉璧（琰）。琬琰色为温润黄褐，仿古玉之色。

iv · AI PROMPT

琬琰 (琬琰, #A9A886) 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
琬琰
#A9A886
ACC
明黄
#DCB114
SEC
金黄
#CF8A14
LIGHT
黑色
#000000
DARK
縞羽
#EFEFEF
“琬琰 与明黄 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 琬琰; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

琬琰#A9A886佩碧斷出青青延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
《尚书·顾命篇》；《說文解字》

弘璧、琬琰在西序。// 琬，圭有琬者。/ 琰，璧上起美色也。

琬琰指上尖下方之玉圭（琬）与有浮雕纹饰之玉璧（琰）。琬琰色为温润黄褐，仿古玉之色。

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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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