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A culture of color
中国色彩，美得令人心醉
文章导读
妃红、苍青、酡颜、月白、十样锦、远山如黛、青梅煮酒、桥下春
波……如果你也被这些美丽的名字打动，那么恭喜你，你已经进入一个神秘
美好的世界——中国传统色。所谓中国传统色，是中国人定义颜色的方式，
更是中国人看待世界的方式。颜色背后，蕴藏着流传了千年的东方审美和古
老智慧。然而传统色散漫难寻，仅可在史籍、诗词、佛典、医书中窥得片语，
其色谱更无系统传承。而近些年，人们对中国传统色的兴趣越来越浓厚，颜
色的力量在工作生活的方方面面都有体现。中国传统色究竟美在哪里？让我
们走进China Daily去揭开它神秘的面纱吧。
课前讨论
① “precipitation”和“quintessence”是什么意思？
② 颜色的深浅、色调可以用哪些词表达？
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文章讲解
When it comes to color, our first reaction is mostly the seven-tone spectrum of
the rainbow. Color has a particularly important and prominent role in China in
both the language and aesthetics. Some rarely used Chinese characters are
assigned a specific color, and these figurative prototypes have developed into
poetic images with the changing of the times.
重 点 单 词 tone [t n] n. 色调； 重 点 单 词 aesthetics [i s θet ks] n.
明暗；影调 【例】a carpet in warm 美学；美的哲学【释】Aesthetics is a
to n e s o f b r o w n and orange branch of philosophy concerned with
重 点 单 词 spectrum [ spektr m] the study of the idea of beauty.
n .谱；光谱【例】A spec t rum is 重 点 单 词 prototypes [ pr t ta ps]
formed by a ray of l ight passing n . 原 型 ； 技 术 原 型 ； 雏 型 【 释 】 a
through a prism. standard or typical example
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说到颜色，我们的第一反应往往是彩虹的七色光谱。色彩在中国的语言文字和美学中都占
据着特别重要和突出的地位。一些生僻字指代着特定的颜色，而随着时代的变迁，这些作
为比喻原型的汉字已演变成为特定的诗歌意象。
Incorporating Chinese color s and their cultural essence into the campus is what
educators at Yunjin Primary School in Chongqing believe a first step toward
reviving the traditional aesthetic consciousness - using Chinese colors and
patterns to ingeniously design their school logo and build up cultural meaning.
重 点 单 词 consciousness [ k n sn s] 1) 觉察；感觉； 2) 清醒状态；知觉
重 点 单 词 ingeniously [ n d i ni sli] 重 点 词 组 build up 构建，n. 建
精巧地；巧妙地【例】This game is 立; 逐步的增长【例】It takes time
ingeniously designed. to build up intimacy.
长 难 句 分 析 I n corporating Chinese colors and their cultural essence into the
campus (动名词短语作主语) is (be动词) what educators at Yunjin Primary
School in Chongqing believe (what作believe的宾语，believe sth to be sth，后省
略to be) a first step toward reviving the traditional aesthetic consciousness (what
引导的表语从句) - using Chinese colors and patterns to ingeniously design their
school logo and build up cultural meaning (非谓语作方式状语).
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重庆市云锦小学的教育工作者认为，复兴中国传统审美意识的第一步是将中国色彩及其文
化精髓融入校园教育——用中国色彩和图案巧妙地设计学校标志，构建学校的文化意义。
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According to designers for the school, Chinese colors are the precipitation and
quintessence of Chinese culture, as well as the best educational resource for
cultivating aesthetic qualities and cultural self-confidence.
重 点 单 词 pr ecipitation [pr s p te n] 1) n. 降水量（包括雨、雪、冰等）
【例】an increase in annual precipitation，年降水量的增加。 2) 沉淀；淀析
重 点 单 词 quintessence [kw n tesns] n. 精髓；精华【例】A painting that
captures the quintessence of Viennese elegance.
拓展延伸：precipitate v. 使……突然降临；加速（坏事的发生）His resignation precipitated
a leadership crisis. 他的辞职立即引发了领导层的危机。
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给云锦小学做设计的设计师表示，中式色彩是中国文化的沉淀与精髓，也是培养审美素养
和文化自信最好的教育资源。
Recently more attention has been given to the topic partly as a result of the
increasing popularity of Chinese costume dramas. Whether it's the smashing TV
series The Story of Yanxi Palace, or the historical costumes presented in the
series The Longest Day in Chang'an that restored the standard color cards of the
Tang Dynasty, all these authentic renderings have taken the audience by storm
and aroused in them a yearning for Chinese classical colors.
重 点 单 词 r ender ing [ rend r ] 重 点 单 词 yearning [ j n ] n.渴望；
n. 演奏；扮演；表演【例】her 向往 【例】She had no great yearning
dramatic rendering of Lady Macbeth to go back.
重 点 词 组 take sth/sb by storm 在某处大获成功；使观众等倾动 【释】
to be extremely successful very quickly in a particular place or among particular
p e o p l e 【 例 】 The play took London by storm. 这部剧很快就风靡伦敦。
拓展延伸：render v. 表达；表演；演示 The artist has rendered the stormy sea in dark greens
and browns. 画家用了深绿色和棕色来表现波涛汹涌的大海。
拓展延伸：yearn v. 渴望；渴求 The people yearned for peace. 人民渴望和平。
yawn v. 打哈欠 He stood up, stretched and yawned. 他站起身来，伸了个懒腰，打了个哈欠。
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近年来，在中国古装剧热潮的带动下，中式色彩这一话题受到越来越多的关注。无论是轰
动一时的电视剧《延禧攻略》，还是《长安十二时辰》中再现唐朝传统配色的历史服饰，
其中真实的色彩展现彻底征服了观众，并使他们对中国古典色彩产生了向往。
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Low saturation color systems are featured and the restrained color matching,
subdued and somber, consists mainly of muted whites and grays, complemented
by beige, cream, almond and grayish blue. Many netizens claim that the color
palette of The Story of Yanxi Palace strikes a remarkable resemblance to
colors used by Italian painter Giorgio Morandi. The colors exude understated
vintage quality.
重 点 单 词 saturation [ s t re n] 重 点 单 词 somber [ s mb (r)] =
n.饱和度；饱和；饱和状态 sombre adj. 1) 昏暗的；阴沉的；暗淡
重 点 单 词 muted [ mju t d] adj. 1) 的； 2) 阴郁的；沮丧的
暗淡的；不明亮的；2) 含糊不清的； 重 点 单 词 beige [be ] adj. 浅褐色
表达不明确的 的；米黄色的
重 点 单 词 palet te [ p l t] n.1) 重 点 单 词 exude [ ɡ zju d] v. 1) 流
调色板；2) （画家使用的）主要色 露，显露（感觉或品质） 2) 流出，渗
彩，主色调 出（液体）；散发出（气味）
重 点 词 组 str ike/bear a resemblance to sb/sth 与某人/某物相似 【例】She
bears an uncanny resemblance to Dido. 她跟迪多长得离奇的相似。
长 难 句 分 析 Low saturation color systems are featured (主句1) and (连词)
the restrained color matching (主句2主语), subdued and somber (形容词作状语，
补充说明主语状态), consists (主句2谓语) mainly of muted whites and grays (主
句2宾语), complemented by beige, cream, almond and grayish blue (过去分词短
语作后置定语).
拓展延伸：sober adj. ① 未醉的 ② 素净的；淡素的；saturate v. ① 使充满；使饱和 ② 使湿
透；浸透 strike a balance (between A and B) （在对立二者之间）找到折中办法
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这些电视剧的配色特点是色彩饱和度偏低。这种柔和且较为暗淡的配色方式比较克制，
主要由不明亮的白色和灰色组成，辅以米色、奶油色、杏仁色和灰蓝色。许多网友表示，
《延禧攻略》的色彩搭配与意大利画家乔治·莫兰迪（Giorgio Morandi）常用的颜色十分
相似。这类色彩流露出低调、不张扬的典雅品质。
At the beginning of the year, the Cultural and Creative Center of China Academy
of Art released the 2021 Chinese color power - lychee red (gei li hong). Inspired
by the red color of lychee, the team also use the homophonic pun (li stands for
power and also lychee) to convey the wishes of the Chinese people to overcome
the epidemic - gei li (powerful) in all aspects.
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重 点 单 词 convey [k n ve ] v. 表达，传递（思想、感情等）【例】
Colors like red convey a sense of energy and strength.
重 点 单 词 homophonic [h m f n k] adj. 齐唱的；同音异义的
重 点 单 词 pun [p n] n. 双关语【例】He is a master of the pun and the
double entendre. 他是个说下流的双关语和俏皮话的大师。
拓展延伸：词根：homophonic = homo (相同的) + phon (语音) + ic (形容词后缀)
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2021年初，中国美术学院文创中心发布了2021年中国色彩——“给荔红”。受荔枝红的
启发，设计团队还借用谐音双关（“力”与“荔”）来传达中国人民战胜疫情的愿望—
—方方面面都“给力”。
After repeated debugging and screening, dozens of lychee-related colors with
the highest frequency were determined by the design bining the
classical names of lychee and red in traditional Chinese culture, the final version
was named after dan xia, xi lan, yu he and luo shen - four different levels of red
genealogy as the standard color of this project. The theme color is permeated
with the vigorous oriental aesthetics.
重 点 单 词 permeate [ p mie t] 重 点 单 词 v vigorous [ v ɡ r s] adj.
v.1) 渗透；弥漫；扩散【例】The 1) 充满活力的；果断的；精力充沛
smell of leather permeated the room. 2) 的【例】Take vigorous exercise for
感染；传播；扩散【例】a belief that several hours a week. 2) 强壮的；强
permeates all levels of society 健的【例】a vigorous young man
重 点 单 词 genealogy [ d i ni l d i] n. 家谱学；系谱学；宗谱学
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经过反复调试和筛选，设计团队确定了数十种目前出现频率最高的荔枝相关颜色。再结合
中国传统文化中荔枝及红色的古典名称，最终命名以“丹霞”、“夕岚”、“玉荷”、“洛神”四
个不同层次红色系谱作为本次项目的标准色。主题色彩洋溢着活力拼搏的东方美学精神。
Despite the fact that the Chinese aesthetic has been eclipsed for a long time,
scholar Guo Hao and designer Li Jianming are among the many who are willing
to dig deep into this treasure trove. The duo have reviewed nearly 400 color-
related literature and classics, conducted an unprecedented textual research and
summed up 384 traditional Chinese color names.
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重 点 单 词 eclipse [ kl ps] v. 使失 重 点 单 词 duo [ dju ] n.1) 一对
色；使相形见绌；使丧失重要性 ； 表演者；搭档 2) 二重奏（曲）；二
n. 日食；月食 【例】a total/partial 重唱（曲） = duet【释】a piece of
eclipse 全食/偏食 music for two players or singers
重 点 词 组 tr easur e tr ove 1) 无主财宝【释】valuable things that are found
hidden and whose owner is unknown 2) 宝藏，宝库（贮藏珍宝、知识等）
【释】a place, book, etc. containing many useful or beautiful things
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尽管对中国色彩美学的研究长期不受重视，但还是有很多人愿意深挖这一宝藏，学者郭浩
和设计师李建明就身在其列。他们两人翻阅了近400部与色彩相关的文献典籍，做了前所
未有的文本研究，最终考据出整整384种中国传统色的名称。
Guo divides the words used by the ancients to describe colors into two
categories: concrete and imagery. Concrete is the color of words that come from
the heavens and the earth. The imagery words are based on everything
superimposed on the way humans perceive and record the world, derived from
human activities, emotions and imagination.
重 点 单 词 super impose [ su p r m p z; sju p r m p z] v. 1) 使（图像甲）
叠映在（图像乙）上【释】to put one image on top of another so that the two can
b e s e e n c o m b i ned 2) 使重叠；使叠加；使附加于【例】She has tried to
superimpose her own attitudes onto this ancient story. 她想把自己的看法加入这个
古老的故事里。词根：superimpose = super (在上面) + im (进入) + pose (放置)
→ 放在上面
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郭浩把古人描述颜色的词语分为两类：具象的和意象的。具象词是来自天地之间的颜色。
意象词则基于附加在人类感知和记录世界方式的一切事物，源自于人类活动、情感和想象。
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