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

月白

Moon White
YUÈ · BÁI
月白、草白二色，俱靛水微染，今法用莧藍煎水，半生半熟染。
HEX
#D6ECF0
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ARCHIVE PHOTO · CERAMIC

宋定窯白釉刻花鹿紋盤

Ding Ware Plate with Two Deer Amid Flowers · 宋 · 12–13世紀 · 定窯

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
#D6ECF0
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
214 236 240
red · green · blue
HSL
189° 8% 89%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
11 2 0 6
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「月白、草白二色，俱靛水微染，今法用莧藍煎水，半生半熟染。」
—— 宋應星 · 《天工開物》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

月是太阴之精（月亮）。月色（略带淡蓝的白色）由月光之色引申。

iii · DYE RECIPE · 染方

靛水微染，今法用苋蓝煎水，半生半熟染。

天工开物·彰施
DYE ARCHIVE
iv · AI PROMPT

月白 (Moon White, #d6ecf0) 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
蓝靛系

靛水微染，今法用苋蓝煎水，半生半熟染。

与草白同法

宋应星 · 1637
TIANGONG KAIWU · MING DYNASTY
蓝靛
蓝靛系
苋蓝
蓝靛系
Ⅵ · THE COMPANY IT KEEPS
a color is
known by its
neighbors.
PRI
月白
#D6ECF0
ACC
朱櫻
#8F1D22
SEC
深蓝
#1E506D
LIGHT
红青
#1D405C
DARK
黑色
#000000
“月白 与朱櫻 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 月白; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

月白#D6ECF0水淡西苍水彤绯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·月部》

月，闕也。大陰之精。

月是太阴之精（月亮）。月色（略带淡蓝的白色）由月光之色引申。

SOURCE VIA WIKISOURCE ↗
SOURCE
zerosoul/chinese-colors · daodaolee/china-color · 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* 40, -8, -19 · #35647D
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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