Restrained Use of Five Colors

A Korean space with extremely restrained use of traditional colors. The overall base color is achromatic white, off-white, and natural wood; the traditional Obangsaek (five cardinal colors) – blue, red, yellow, white, black – appear in extremely small areas on a single object: a woven ribbon with colored stripes, a small painted wooden box, or the glaze of a celadon piece. The area does not exceed two percent of the image. Avoid: large-scale use of Obangsaek, using colors on walls and large furniture, having multiple colors appear simultaneously, using high-chroma, vivid color schemes.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個極少量使用傳統色的韓式空間。整體是白、米與素木的無彩底色;傳統的五方色——青、赤、黃、白、黑——只以極小的面積出現在一件物件上:一條有彩色條紋的織帶、一個彩繪的小木盒,或是一件青瓷的釉色。面積不超過畫面的百分之二。避免:大面積使用五方色、把彩色用在牆面與大型家具、讓多種顏色同時出現、使用高彩度的鮮豔配色。