# Obangsaek

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{{Short description|Traditional Korean color spectrum}}
{{globalize|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox Korean name/auto
| image = File:KoreanColorSpectrum.jpg
| caption = The five cardinal colors of the traditional Korean color spectrum
| hangul = 오방색
| hanja = 五方色
}}

The '''traditional Korean color spectrum''', also known as '''''obangsaek''''' ({{Korean|hangul=오방색|lit=five direction colors}}), is the [color](/source/color) scheme of the five Korean traditional colors of [white](/source/white), [black](/source/black), [blue](/source/blue), [red](/source/red) and [yellow](/source/yellow).<ref name="asianinfo">{{cite web | url=http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/korea/arc/five_cardinal_colors_of_traditio.htm | title=The Five Cardinal Colors of Traditional Patterns | publisher=AsianInfo.org | accessdate=29 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/culturesports/2013/05/03/62/0702000000AEN20130503007400315F.HTML | title=Pyeongchang unveils emblem for 2018 Winter Olympics | last=Yoo | first=Jee-ho | publisher=Yonghap News Agency | date=3 May 2013 | accessdate=29 April 2015}}</ref> In Korean traditional arts and traditional textile patterns, the colors of ''obangsaek'' represent five [cardinal direction](/source/cardinal_direction)s.<ref name="asianinfo"/> ''Obangsaek'' theory is a combination of the [Five Elements](/source/Wuxing_(Chinese_philosophy)) and [Five Colors](/source/Color_in_Chinese_culture) theories.

==Five orientations==
*Blue: east
*Red: south
*Yellow: center
*White: west
*Black: north

These elementary colors are also associated with the Five Elements in [Korean culture](/source/Culture_of_Korea): <ref name="asianinfo"/>
*Blue: [Wood](/source/Wood_(wuxing))
*Red: [Fire](/source/Fire_(wuxing))
*Yellow: [Earth](/source/Earth_(wuxing))
*White: [Metal](/source/Metal_(wuxing))
*Black: [Water](/source/Water_(wuxing))

The following five intermediary colors are associated with the five elements and five directions in traditional Korean culture: 
*Green: Wood, East
*Orange: Fire, South
*Gray: Earth, Center
*Aquamarine: Metal, West
*Purple: Water, North

==References==
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Category:Korean art
Category:Korean clothing
Category:Orientation (geometry)
Category:Color in culture
Category:Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)

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