{{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 scheme of the five Korean traditional colors of white, black, blue, red and 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 directions.<ref name="asianinfo"/> ''Obangsaek'' theory is a combination of the Five Elements and Five Colors 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: <ref name="asianinfo"/> *Blue: Wood *Red: Fire *Yellow: Earth *White: Metal *Black: Water
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
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