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The traditional Korean color spectrum, also known as obangsaek (Korean: 오방색; lit. 'five direction colors'), is the color scheme of the five Korean traditional colors of white, black, blue, red and yellow.[1][2] In Korean traditional arts and traditional textile patterns, the colors of obangsaek represent five cardinal directions.[1] Obangsaek theory is a combination of the Five Elements and Five Colors theories.
| Obangsaek | |
 The five cardinal colors of the traditional Korean color spectrum | |
| Korean name | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 오방색 |
| Hanja | 五方色 |
| RR | obangsaek |
| MR | obangsaek |
Five orientations
edit- Blue: east
- Red: south
- Yellow: center
- White: west
- Black: north
These elementary colors are also associated with the Five Elements in Korean culture: [1]
The following five intermediary colors are associated with the five elements and five directions in traditional Korean culture:
- Green: Wood, East
- Orange: Fire, South
- Grey: Earth, Center
- Aquamarine: Metal, West
- Purple: Water, North
References
edit- 1 2 3 "The Five Cardinal Colors of Traditional Patterns". AsianInfo.org. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ↑ Yoo, Jee-ho (3 May 2013). "Pyeongchang unveils emblem for 2018 Winter Olympics". Yonghap News Agency. Retrieved 29 April 2015.