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Major Snow · Turning colour#C35C6A

美人祭(Měi Rén Jì)

Beauty’s Cup
RedBeauty’s CupSystem B Solar-term setsMajor SnowTurning · 转色

Colour Values色值

HEX
#C35C6A
RGB
rgb(195, 92, 106)
HSL
hsl(352, 46%, 56%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.604 0.132 13.4)
CMYK
0, 53, 46, 24
approx

Global Colour Equivalents国际色卡对照

CSS nearest ≈
indianred
#CD5C5C
Pantone FHI/TCX ≈
baroque rose
#b35a66

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
大雪 · Major Snow — "大雪满初晨,开门万象新。"
Imagery
A name from the potter’s kiln: a copper-red glaze run to the colour of a blush. Also written “beauty’s blush”.
Origin
The name belongs to a celebrated red glaze of the Qing kilns, prized for the way one firing could pass from deep red to a soft flushed pink. As the turning colour it is the term’s pink at its most alive — the colour that made the glaze famous.
System
B Solar-term sets
Source
Xue Neng, “Major Snow” — “great snow fills the early morning; open the door and all is made new.” (turning colour of 大雪.)
Citation
薛能《大雪》
Evidence
Ancient-text attestation (attestation > artifact > compilation > approximation)

Imagery意象图

美人祭 — Cracked red wall surface showcasing peeling paint and exposed cement texture.
Pexels License · ImageryCracked red wall surface showcasing peeling paint and exposed cement texture.Cracked red wall surface showcasing peeling paint and exposed cement texture. — Nikita Nikitin · Pexels

Brand & Product References国际色号案例

Instagram Pink
Instagram Pink
#E1306C · ≈ ΔE 8.3 (CIEDE2000)
Global brand reference
photo: Basile Morin · CC BY-SA 4.0

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.