China Colour Intelligence
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Summer Solstice · Succeeding colour#B13B2E石榴裙(Shí Liu Qún)
Pomegranate Skirt
Colour Values色值
HEX
#B13B2E
RGB
rgb(177, 59, 46)
HSL
hsl(6, 59%, 44%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.52 0.156 29.6)
CMYK
0, 67, 74, 31
approx
Global Colour Equivalents国际色卡对照
CSS nearest ≈
firebrick
#B22222
Pantone FHI/TCX ≈
aurora red
#b93a32
Nearest perceptual match (OKLab). Pantone value is from an unofficial dataset — approximate; verify against official swatches before production.
Imagery & Provenance意象与出处
Solar term
夏至 · Summer Solstice — "昼晷已云极,宵漏自此长。"
Imagery
The red of a skirt dyed with pomegranate — a deep, glowing scarlet. To “bow before the pomegranate skirt” means to be undone by a woman’s beauty.
Origin
Pomegranate-dyed skirts were a Tang fashion, and the phrase entered the language as shorthand for a beauty one cannot resist. As Summer Solstice’s succeeding colour it keeps the term’s heat but gives it a body and a wearer.
System
B Solar-term sets
Source
Wei Yingwu, “Escaping the Heat by the North Pool at the Summer Solstice”. (succeeding colour of 夏至.)
Citation
韦应物《夏至避暑北池》
Evidence
Ancient-text attestation (attestation > artifact > compilation > approximation)
Imagery意象图

Brand & Product References国际色号案例

Cartier Red
#C8102E · ≈ ΔE 6.4 (CIEDE2000)
Global brand reference
photo: BrokenSphere · CC BY 3.0
Editorial reference only — same/near shade used by these brands. Names and colours are trademarks of their respective owners; photos are CC-licensed from Wikimedia Commons (see credit on each card); no affiliation or endorsement implied.
Cultural Note for non-Chinese Designers文化提示
CautionRed = luck, celebration, weddings, New Year. West reads danger/passion — align intent explicitly.
Same Family同色系
Pantone/CSS values are nearest perceptual matches (OKLab distance), not official colour codes.
