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Chinese traditional colors

About this tradition

Origins

Chinese traditional colors are built on the five elements and five directions: blue-green, red, yellow, white and black correspond to wood, fire, earth, metal and water. The system ties ritual, textiles and mineral pigments together.

The system

Colors here are grouped by the five elements and by pure (zheng) versus intermediate (jian) hues, with original names, pinyin and exact HEX, OKLCH and WCAG values.

In practice

Still used in festivals, costume, architectural painting and heritage branding, these hues make strong, highly recognisable primary colors.

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Colors: 22
Categories: Five elements · 5
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天青

月白

缥

黛蓝

鸦青

朱砂

胭脂

绛

琥珀

杏黄

秋香

檀

绾

雪白

凝脂

璆琳

玄色

翠涛

豆绿

竹青

曙色

品红

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