Obangsaek
Traditional Korean color spectrum
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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 Five Elements and Five Colours theory and originated in China.
