Color Science Association of Japan
International Symposium-3
Modern approaches to utilize traditional Chinese color theory
Tien-Rein LEE Dept, of Information Communications, Chinese Culture
University
Keywords: Five Elements Theory, Five Essences, Color Selection, Creative Cycle, Destructive Cycle, Principle of Colors.
Abstract
The ancient doctrine of the Five Elements (also called phases, essences or stages) is an important part of the Chinese cultural heritage: merging the wisdom and life experience of our ancestors, it is a reflection of Chinese culture that certainly has practical value and completeness. As a traditional Chinese color theory, the Five-Elements- Theory discusses the harmonious relations and interactions of heaven, earth and humans: the concept involved is based on five colors with each of them related to one of the five elements blue/green (wood), red (fire), yellow (earth), white (metal) and black (water). Every element stands for certain qualities which connote to natural phenomena. By watching the natural environment, people learned about natural substances and their mutually supportive or destructive influence. By applying this color-based knowledge of natural phenomena to their daily life, people of the traditional Chinese societies constantly strove to improve and adjust their life standards. But how does it comply with life in modern societies?
- Introduction
The Five-Elements-Theory partly dates back to as early as 1600 BCE. It discusses the harmonious relations and interactions of heaven, earth and human beings, providing a coherent and systematic approach to understand and interpret nature and its interdependent processes of creation and decay. Starting with the threefold structure of the universe in Chinese philosophy, the three spheres of origin,三才(San Cai), which are 天(Tian) heaven, plusmn;也(Di) earth, and 人 (Ren) human beings, are interconnected by universal powers generating creative and destructive impact. Central to this structure is the idea of the 道(Dao), literally meaning “way” or “path”： Man
follows the principle of earth / ground; earth follows the principle of heaven; heaven follows the principle of nature. As the Dao is effective by generating Yin and Yang, the two principle cosmic energies, which are complementary, inseparable, and in balance with each other, through these binary universal forces, the five elements are brought in being:
Destructive Cycle:
ai—Productive Cycle;
-Creation
-Disturbance
Figure 1: Five Elements interactive relations (2D)
Each of the elements is associated with one of the five colors: Black (water), White (Metal), Blue-Green (Wood), Red (Fire) and Yellow (Earth). The five elements interact in two different mechanisms: mutually productive and
destructive: In the productive way, Water feeds Wood, Wood nourishes Fire, from Fire generates Earth, from Earth generates Metal, from Metal generates Water. In the destructive way Metal cuts Wood, Wood exhausts Earth, Earth stops Water, Water extinguishes Fire, and Fire melts Metal. The five elements transcend all life condi
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the seasons, perception, the physical body etc. They are supposed to have innate qualities that correspond to nature, human life and the physical body.
- Color as a psychophysical interface
In the Five-Elements-Theory, color serves as an interface between the realms of human beings (perception), nature (phenomena) and the universe (physical energies). In a three-dimensional model placing Yang at the peak and Yin at the bottom, all elements and the two universal powers are interconnected:
Yang
Figure 2: Five Elements interactive relations (3D)
In this model, the different qualities of the elements are linked on a definite scale: color can thus be related to taste, and to shape, and all other equivalents. In this visual model, a single point can be calculated along the scales, and defined by a range of different attributes, e.g. a pale blue would taste slightly pungent, and evoke a perception of dryness, or a dark red might be associated with warm moisture, and an agitated feeling.
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Modern study found that colors can be perceived as geometrical forms which can in turn be allocated a distinctive position within a three- dimensional color model: Based on Bauhaus studies on synaesthesia (Itten, Kandinsky), red would be perceived as a square, blue as a circle, and yellow as a triangle. Through metamorphosis, the red square will become a yellow triangle or a blue circle. The 3D-model of the Five-Elements- Theory is a practical tool linking everyday experience to a clearly defined scale.
- The Five-Elements-Theory as a modern tool
Linking 3D-models to the Five-Elements- Theory enters the realms of the nowadays prevailing positive sciences, and it is perfectly worth discussing if methods of modern sciences can prove this traditional, but dynamic color theory. If the Five-Elements-Theory can be systemized, generalized, and enter legitimate objective verification, then this would contribute to a new kind of system building based on ideas of cultural heritage. In fact, by applying modern measures it can produce more beneficial knowledge and rules for peoplersquo;s lives that will help to make our lives more comfortable and happier.
This article strives to verify the traditional doctrine of the Five Elements by an empirical approach. It explains its color concept, its traditional applications and assumed limitat
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现代方法利用中国传统色彩理论
Tien-Rein李 部门 信息通信中：中国文化大学
关键词:五行理论,五个精华、颜色选择、创新周期,恶性循环,颜色的原则。
文摘
古代五行学说(也称为阶段,本质或阶段)是一个重要的创造中国文化遗产的一部分:合并我们的祖先的智慧和生活经验,反映了中国文化,当然有实用价值和完整性。作为中国传统色彩理论,五行理论讨论了和谐的诸多关系和交互的天堂,地球和人类:涉及的概念是基于五个颜色与每个人相关的五个因素之一蓝/绿(木),红(火)、黄(地球)、白(金属的),黑色(水)。每个元素代表某些品质意味着自然现象。通过观察自然环境,人们了解自然子not;立场和相互支持或具有破坏性的有效影响。通过应用这种基于知识自然现象到他们的日常生活中,人们的传统中国社会不断地努力改善和调整他们的生活标准。但它符合现代社会生活如何?
1。介绍
五个元素理论部分最早可以追溯到公元前1600年。它讨论了和谐的关系和交互的天堂,地球和人类,提供一个连贯的和系统的方法来理解和解释的性质和相互依存的过程克雷亚和腐烂。从三倍结构真正的中国哲学、宇宙的起源的三个领域,三才(圣才),这是天(田)天堂,plusmn;也地球(地)和人(人)人类,相互连在一起,整个的权力产生创造性的和破坏性的影响。这种结构的核心是道的概念(道),字面上的意思就是“方法”或“路径”:人遵循的原则地球/地面;地球符合not;低点天堂的原则;天堂遵循自然的原则。道是有效的生成阴和阳,这两个原则的宇宙能量,这是互补的,密不可分,相互平衡,通过这些二进制普遍的力量,带来了被五个元素:
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图1:五个元素的互动关系(2 d)
每个元素相关联的五个颜色:黑色(水)、白(金属),蓝(木)、红色(火),黄色(地球)。五行相互作用在两个不同的机制:卓有成效
具有破坏性的:在生产方式、水饲料木、木滋养火、火产生土,从地球生成金属,金属生成水。破坏性的方式削减金属木材、木材耗尽地球,地球停止水、水熄灭火,火熔化金属。五行超越所有生命条件:季节,知觉、身体等。他们应该天生的特质,对应于自然,人类的生命和身体。
图2:五个元素的互动关系(3 d)
在这个模型中,元素的不同质量与规模确定:颜色可以与口味,形状,和所有其他等价物。可视模型,可以计算一个点的尺度,并定义了一系列不同的属性,如淡蓝色味道会有点辛辣,并唤起一种干涩的感觉,或深红色可能与温暖潮湿,和一种激动的感觉。
2。颜色作为一种心理物理接口
五个元素理论,颜色作为人类的领域之间的接口(感知)、自然(现象)和关联(物理能量)。杨在一个三维模型放置在底部的峰值和阴,所有元素和两个普遍的人是相互关联的:
现代研究发现,颜色可以“得到”的几何形式可以反过来被分配一个独特的位置在一个3 维颜色模型:基于包豪斯联觉(康定斯基),红色将被视为一个广场,蓝色圈,和黄色三角形。通过变形,红色广场将成为一个黄色三角形或蓝色圆。三维模型的五个元素理论是一个实用工具将日常经验与一个明确定义的规模
3 五个元素理论作为现代工具
连接三维模型的五个元素——理论进入领域如今流行积极的的科学,它是完全值得讨论现代科学的方法是否能证明这种传统,但动态色彩理论。如果五个元素理论可以系统化、广义和输入合法目的验证,那么这将导致一种新的系统构建基于思想的文化遗产。事实上,通过应用现代措施可以产生更多的对人们的生活有益的知识和规则,将有助于使我们的生活更舒适、更快乐。
本文力求验证传统的五行学说通过实证的方法。它解释了它的颜色概念,其传统应用程序和假设的局限性和链接到现代世界。实例表明其应用到日常生活的所有方面:食品、卫生、医药、地理位置,建筑,设计,管理和军事。
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