What is the main color of the Forbidden City

The main symbol of the Forbidden City is the red wall with yellow tiles and the vermilion door with golden nails. From the point of view of the colors of the Forbidden City, there are three main colors, yellow, black and green, in addition to various combinations of colors.

Why do the buildings of the Forbidden City generally use red and yellow colors?

Originally, in the traditional Chinese concept, yellow is the noblest, which is because the Chinese nation originated from the Loess Plateau. Most of the roof of the Forbidden City palace with yellow glazed tiles to symbolize the supremacy of the imperial power, and ordinary civilians, and even high-ranking aristocrats can never use the yellow roof, otherwise it is treason.

The Forbidden City's important palaces are on their roofs with yellow glazed tiles. By the Tiananmen Gate, the Noon Gate into the palace, is Beijing's unique turquoise-blue sky, the blue sky is under the glittering golden yellow glazed tile roofs, roofs under the green tones of colorful paintings decorative, below the eaves of the rows of red columns and windows and doors, the entire palace is located in the white stone foundation above the platform, under the platform

is a dark gray paved brick floor. This blue sky with yellow tiles, lime green colored paintings and red columns, doors and windows. The white pedestal and the deep ground form a strong contrast, giving an extremely sharp color infection, so the overall color effect of the Forbidden City is sharp and strong.