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Interpretation of the Color Landscape in The Forbidden City

Chinese traditional colors.

Color is the most formal factor that can arouse our aesthetic pleasure. Color is one of the most expressive elements, because its nature directly affects people's feelings. Rich and varied colors can be divided into achromatic color system and colored color system. Color color system has three basic characteristics, namely hue, purity (also called chroma and saturation) and lightness. In chromatics, it is also called elements of color or three attributes of color. The color with saturation of 0 is achromatic color. In the art of reproduction, color truly reproduces the object and creates the illusion space. Based on scientific facts, color research requires accuracy, clarity and system. People will examine these basic characteristics of color relations and see how they can help the theme of artistic works to create forms and meanings.