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A dataset containing optimized traditional Chinese colors. These colors are extracted from those books:

  • Chinese Traditional Colors - Color Aesthetics in the Forbidden City (ISBN: 9787521716054)

  • Chinese Beautiful Colors - The Most Chinese Culture Vol.3 (ISBN: 9781672897198)

  • Chinese Colors (ISBN: 9787558016479)

  • Chinese Journal of Chromatography (ISSN 1000-8713)

  • Chinese Color Atlas

Thanks to the author of the blog for providing the data.

Examples

data(chinese_colors)
color_sets <- attr(chinese_colors, "color_sets")
show_palettes(
  list(
    color_sets$Chinese,
    color_sets$ChineseSet8,
    color_sets$ChineseSet16,
    color_sets$ChineseSet32
  )
)

#> [1] "1" "2" "3" "4"

# Use ChineseColors class
cc <- ChineseColors()
cc$visual_colors(
  loc_range = c(1, 180),
  num_per_row = 30,
  title = "Chinese Traditional Colors",
  name_type = "chinese"
)
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