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CHAPTER Ⅰ · THE BODY OF COLOR

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青 · QING · Source-backed name

西子

Xi Zi

XĪ · ZI

欲把西湖比西子，淡妝濃抹總相宜。

HEX

#87C0CA

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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

#87C0CA

hexadecimal · 6-bit

RGB

135 192 202

red · green · blue

HSL

189° 16% 66%

hue · saturation · lightness

CMYK

33 5 0 21

cyan · magenta · yellow · key

i · POETRY · 诗谶

「欲把西湖比西子，淡妝濃抹總相宜。」

—— 蘇軾 · 《飲湖上初晴後雨二首》

ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

西子指西施（春秋美女）。西子色取自蘇軾诗意，指西湖碧波之色或女子淡妝之色。

iv · AI PROMPT

西子 (西子, #87C0CA) 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

西子

#87C0CA

ACC

朱櫻

#8F1D22

SEC

深蓝

#1E506D

LIGHT

红青

#1D405C

DARK

黑色

#000000

“西子与朱櫻同陈，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 西子; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

ADJACENT

Adjacent

Close hue neighbors

ANALOGOUS

Analogous

Same-temperature drift

COMPLEMENT

Complement

Counterpoint across the orbit

ETYMOLOGY · 色名出处

宋·蘇軾《飲湖上初晴後雨》

欲把西湖比西子，淡妝濃抹總相宜。

西子指西施（春秋美女）。西子色取自蘇軾诗意，指西湖碧波之色或女子淡妝之色。

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

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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