五色

The five primary colors, also called [lang id =1028]五正色 (or [lang id =1028]五大色): [lang id =1028]靑 blue, [lang id =1028]黃 yellow, [lang id =1028]赤 red, [lang id =1028]白 white, [lang id =1028]黑 black. The [lang id =1028]五間色 or compound colors are [lang id =1028]緋 crimson, [lang id =1028]紅, scarlet, [lang id =1028]紫 purple, [lang id =1028]綠 green, [lang id =1028]磂黃 brown. The two sets correspond to the cardinal points as follows: east, blue and green; west, white, and crimson; south, red and scarlet; north, black and purple; and center, yellow and brown. The five are permutated in various ways to represent various ideas.