How life is associated with colors in Chinese culture: utilizing colors based on Chinese five-essence theory

Tien-Rein Lee

doi:10.1117/12.464539

6 June 2002 How life is associated with colors in Chinese culture: utilizing colors based on Chinese five-essence theory

Tien-Rein Lee

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Proceedings Volume 4421, 9th Congress of the International Colour Association; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.464539
Event: 9th Congress of the International Color Association, 2001, Rochester, NY, United States

Abstract

Chinese believe that Feng-shui, Ch'i, Tao, Yin and Yang are major components rooted in Chinese culture. Many people know life has to balance and harmonize with nature and the universe through the Five-essence. Ancient wisdom is successfully interwoven with mankind and the natural world. Elements such as orientation, season, color, sound, facial organs, viscera, stars, and numbers can be associated with life through the Five-essence Theory. Since color is one of the major components of the Five-essence Theory, everything in our life can be associated with colors through a conjoined covering process. Color selection process is part of the interaction between human beings and the universe. Depending on the achievement one is pursuing, the Five- essence Theory model can be treated as an interface between destiny and human beings. This study reports how life is associated with Chinese Five-essence based paradigms. Models were used to explain how Chinese utilize Five-essence Theory to select colors in their daily lives.

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Tien-Rein Lee "How life is associated with colors in Chinese culture: utilizing colors based on Chinese five-essence theory", Proc. SPIE 4421, 9th Congress of the International Colour Association, (6 June 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.464539

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