This paper gives an overview of the origin,the development,the enhancement of the color culture and the research of ancient scholars on color science.Combined with the specific examples of the costumes of the characters of various classes and the decoration of their apartments in Dream of Red Mansions,the paper focuses on the analysis of the various colors of the red spectrum,such as crimson,bright red,silvery-red,peach-red,pomegranate-red,scarlet-red,begonias-red,litchi-red,and madder,etc.,and reveals its profound and mysterious connotations.
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