zhongguo-traditional-colors

This is a reference collection of 742 traditional Chinese colors, built for designers, content creators, and anyone who wants an accurate palette of historically named Chinese hues. The colors have names drawn from classical Chinese culture, each one tied to a natural object, material, or cultural reference: colors named after apricots, bamboo, lotus, lacquer, celadon glazes, and so on.

For each of the 742 colors, the project provides a high-resolution color card image in PNG format. Each card includes the color name, its HEX code (the six-digit web color value), RGB values (the numbers used in digital screens), CMYK values (for print work), suggested color pairings, and a few keywords describing the mood or character of the color. The full image set is about 1 gigabyte and is available as a downloadable zip file through the GitHub releases page.

The repository also has a browseable online gallery where you can page through all 742 cards. The README itself is a long grid of thumbnail images, each linking to its full-resolution source file, so you can preview the entire collection directly on GitHub without downloading anything.

The project is written in JavaScript and is open source. It is aimed at people working on design projects, presentations, websites, or educational materials where they need reliable color values for traditional Chinese aesthetics rather than having to search scattered sources or trust informal lists.

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