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The five cardinal colors of the traditional Korean color spectrum
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Korean name | |
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Hangul | 오방색 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Obangsaek |
McCune–Reischauer | Obangsaek |
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, yellow and red.[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 Five Elements and Five Colours theory and originated in China.
These colors are also associated with the Five Elements of Culture of Korea:[1]