Lu Zhu菉竹
#698E6ARetained from the existing Greater Heat color set as a modern editorial reading of its seasonal atmosphere; these colors are not claimed as an official historical standard.
Chinese Color AtlasALMANAC · SOURCE-AWARE SEASONAL COLOR
24 SOLAR TERMS · 5 FESTIVALS
12 MONTHLY ORDINANCES
12 MONTHLY ORDINANCES
Chinese Color Almanac
A source-aware guide to solar terms, traditional festivals, monthly ordinances, objects, patterns, and design-ready Chinese color palettes.
CURRENT WINDOW · ASIA/SHANGHAI
Greater Heat
Greater Heat
Fireflies emerge among decaying grass · The soil is damp in humid heat · Heavy rain comes in season
01 · FOUR PATHS
Enter through time, ritual, text, or object
01
Solar Terms
Exact annual instants, three phenologies, and editorial palettes for all 24 terms.
↗02Traditional Festivals
Five complete records with dates, museum objects, evidence notes, and design palettes.
↗03Monthly Ordinances
Seasonal readings from the Liji, separated from a one-to-one Gregorian mapping.
↗04Objects & Patterns
Trace colors through museum objects and visual material culture.
↗02 · CURRENT PALETTE
Greater Heat · five-color editorial palette
Qing Qiu青楸
#81A380Retained from the existing Greater Heat color set as a modern editorial reading of its seasonal atmosphere; these colors are not claimed as an official historical standard.
Ji Jin吉金
#896D47Retained from the existing Greater Heat color set as a modern editorial reading of its seasonal atmosphere; these colors are not claimed as an official historical standard.
Lu Bo淥波
#9BB496Retained from the existing Greater Heat color set as a modern editorial reading of its seasonal atmosphere; these colors are not claimed as an official historical standard.
Ru Lu茹藘
#A35F65Retained from the existing Greater Heat color set as a modern editorial reading of its seasonal atmosphere; these colors are not claimed as an official historical standard.
△ Editorial palette: these HEX relationships are modern design interpretation, not an official historical seasonal standard.
03 · UPCOMING
What comes next
Beginning of Autumn
Aug 7, 2026, 19:43 · UTC+8
View term ↗Mid-Autumn Festival
September 25, 2026 · 64 days away
Open festival guide ↗Double Ninth Festival
October 18, 2026 · 87 days away
Open festival guide ↗04 · MONTHLY ORDINANCE
Last Month of Summer
「季夏之月，日在柳。」
Entry 6 follows the seasonal month sequence of the Liji's Yue Ling and is only an aggregation aid. Ancient monthly ordinances were organized through the Chinese calendar, solar terms and ritual order; they do not map one-to-one onto Gregorian month 6. Any display must use an annual calendar and regional context.
05 · SOURCE NOTE
Measured time, attributed text, editorial color
MEASURED
Annual solar-term instants are year-specific astronomical records.
SOURCE-ATTRIBUTED
Phenology and monthly text keep their source identifiers and locators.
EDITORIAL
Modern HEX palettes are labelled as design interpretation.
- UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage · The Twenty-Four Solar Terms, knowledge in China of time and practices developed through observation of the sun's annual motion
- Hong Kong Observatory · The 24 Solar Terms
- Chinese Text Project · Liji - Yue Ling (Book of Rites - Monthly Ordinances)
Reference time zone: Asia/Shanghai (UTC+8). Snapshot generated July 23, 2026.
06 · DESIGN WORKFLOW
Move from context to production
07 · RELATED READING