Mugwort Green ↗
#A4E2C6EDITORIAL · editorial
Muted spring greens, Moon White and blue-grey accommodate both remembrance and outing contexts; this is an editorial pairing.
Chinese Color AtlasALMANAC · FESTIVAL COLOR RECORD
SOURCE-AWARE · EDITORIAL COLOR
REVIEWED 2026-07-22
REVIEWED 2026-07-22
Qingming Festival
Qingming Festival
← All five festivals
Late-Ming ivory medallion showing a return from a spring outing.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1993.176 ↗ · Public Domain · The Met Open Access (CC0) ↗ PRACTICE PRACTICE OBJECT / MATERIAL OBJECT / MATERIAL MOTIF NOTE
spring · 2026 FESTIVAL RECORD
Qingming Festival
Spring Outing Festival
2026April 5, 2026
2027April 5, 2027
Astronomical Qingming solar term; verify the annual instant.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1993.176 ↗ · Public Domain · The Met Open Access (CC0) ↗
Context before color
01 · SOURCED OVERVIEWQingming is both an astronomically defined solar term and a festival carrying practices of remembrance, tomb sweeping and spring outings. Unlike festivals fixed to a lunar month and day, its exact annual instant must be checked against astronomical tables. Its visual context includes solemn remembrance but also new grass, willow, kites and outdoor recreation, so design should not reduce every Qingming scene to a single grey palette. This editorial set combines mugwort green, bamboo green, Moon White and muted blue-grey while separating commemorative uses from public spring-culture uses.
Five associated colors
02 · EDITORIAL ROLESBamboo Green ↗
#789262EDITORIAL · editorial
Muted spring greens, Moon White and blue-grey accommodate both remembrance and outing contexts; this is an editorial pairing.
Moon White ↗
#D6ECF0EDITORIAL · editorial
Muted spring greens, Moon White and blue-grey accommodate both remembrance and outing contexts; this is an editorial pairing.
Cang Se ↗
#75878AEDITORIAL · editorial
Muted spring greens, Moon White and blue-grey accommodate both remembrance and outing contexts; this is an editorial pairing.
Dai Lu ↗
#426666EDITORIAL · editorial
Muted spring greens, Moon White and blue-grey accommodate both remembrance and outing contexts; this is an editorial pairing.
Clear Spring
03 · DESIGN PALETTEFor cultural editorial work, exhibition guides and restrained spring interfaces.
△ This palette is an editorial design interpretation built from source-aware color records. It is not presented as an official historical palette.
Practices, objects, and motifs
04 · MATERIAL CULTURETomb sweeping and remembrance of ancestors.
Spring outings, kite flying and other outdoor activities.
Kites
Paintings and images of spring outings and landscapes
Willow, spring grass and kite forms can guide modern design without being treated as a fixed historical pattern.
Use it in a real design task
05 · APPLICATION- Separate commemorative layouts from spring-outing communication; they may share greens but need different contrast and imagery.
- Use restrained blue-grey for text and structure, not as a blanket symbol of mourning.
Sources and reuse
06 · REFERENCES- The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Open Access at The Met — Public-domain object images supplied under The Met Open Access policy (CC0).
- Hong Kong Observatory · Date and Time of the 24 Solar Terms in 2026 — Hong Kong Government astronomical data; factual citation only.
- Hong Kong Observatory · Date and Time of the 24 Solar Terms in 2027 — Hong Kong Government astronomical data; factual citation only.
- Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China · Opinions on using traditional festivals to carry forward outstanding national cultural traditions — PRC government web reference; factual citation and short quotation only.
- China Intangible Cultural Heritage Network / China Intangible Cultural Heritage Digital Museum · The transmission code of Qingming Festival — Institutional web reference; factual citation and short quotation only.