【编者按】近日，国际知名学术出版机构——英国剑桥学术出版社特邀北京服装学院色彩研究设计中心主任崔唯教授、北京工业大学艺术设计学院缪维教授对有其新近出版的《色彩语言在中国The Language of Color in China》（周钧和盖尔·泰勒撰写）一书进行学术审读。随后，缪维教授为新书《色彩语言在中国》作了英文和中文的书评，并评得到香港理工大学盖尔·泰勒教授的高度评价：“
Thank you once again. Prof Miao wrote a very vivid and flattering review!
缪教授写了一篇非常生动和恭维的评论。再次表示感谢。”
《色彩语言在中国》
《色彩语言在中国》读感
缪维
读了周钧和盖尔·泰勒《色彩语言在中国》以后，深有感触。此书表达了中国有五千年文明应用色彩沉淀的大智慧。书中的插图专门展示中国历代色彩实物作品，向世界介绍了中国工匠创造的丰富色彩历史作品的经典！
但在人类漫长的历史长河中，中国的科技和文化是举世瞩目的。而色彩是属于精神文化领域的范畴。中国的色彩应用和理论有数千年的历史文底蕴。中国古代工匠们的聪明智慧创造了无数色彩文化的经典作品，展示于世界。书中阐述的中国古代色彩历史文化不仅是古代中国人应用色彩的物证，并延续和影响至现代中国社会生活。更重要的是我们可以从《中国色彩语言》书中，不仅可以了解到中国色彩文化和色彩语言起源、形成和发展的历史过程，而且可以看到数千年中国色彩科技的光辉的历史，这些色彩科技孕育出的很多辉煌彩的色彩应用成果。例如，中国古代工匠们应用高温研制了无数泥土低温烧制的陶色，进一步研制了世界上最丰富的无与伦比的瓷釉色彩。通过陶釉烧制工艺技术的提高发展了世界上最早的冶炼技术，如锡、铜、铁、金、银色彩。其中金银错制品就是那个时代最先进的科技。中国古人不仅掌握高温技术，而且还发明控制物质降温变色技术。中国江南地区大量使用的建筑青砖，就是将烧制过程中很烫的热砖，用沾水速降温变色，成为具有江南水乡独特的灰色砖瓦，因此江南地区的青砖、白墙、绿水的典雅、柔和的色彩风格，营造了具有“江南水乡”的独特色彩居住环境。中国的青瓷所具有的龟裂纹所产生的肌理，也是应用降温烧制技术，制造了中国特有瓷釉艺术质感的色彩。中国汉代像砖，不仅特有的青灰色，而且充满了造型优美浮雕图案，营造阴影视觉色彩艺术效果。著名的中国四大名绣之一《苏绣》将丝线劈成最细的丝在透明的绢上绣制游动美丽的鱼尾，还有猫的边沿毛绒的半透明的色彩质感艺术和是任何绘画技法无法比拟的，这就是中国工匠创造的许许多多独特的中国色彩语言。
中国传统色彩文化和色彩语言，既是中国的也是世界的。继承传统优秀文化的遗产意义，共同创造时尚未来。
The book review: The Language of Color in China
Chinese traditional color culture spreads and melts around the world
Wei Miao
Professor University of Beijing Industry, Design Art College
Honorary member of the China Fashion and Color Association Council
After reading the book of "The Language of Color in China", I was deeply touched. Prof Jun Zhou and Prof Gail Taylor describe the book of the great wisdom, that China had five thousand years of civilization of color language history.
The illustrations in the book showcase Chinese traditional color application in every field in daily life including ancient time and modern society,. And also introduce the classics color application works of rich color history created by Chinese handcrafts. But in the long history of mankind, China's science and technology and culture are world-famous. The color language is a spiritual culture, but also is applied technology to use for human society life. The wisdom and wisdom of ancient Chinese craftsmen created numerous classic works of color culture. The history and culture of ancient Chinese color described in the book is not only the relics of ancient Chinese color application, but also the continuation and influence of modern Chinese social life. More importantly, from the book "The Language of Color in China", we can not only understand the origin, formation and development of Chinese color culture and language, but also see the glorious history of Chinese color science and technology for thousands of years. These color science and technology have bred a lot of brilliant colorful color application results. For example, ancient Chinese artisans used high temperature technic to develop numbers of low-temperature fired ceramics, and further developed most abundant and unparalleled porcelain enamel color in the world. In the ancient China, the earliest smelting technologies in the world, such as tin, copper, iron, gold and silver colors, have been developed through the improvement of ceramic glaze firing technology. In the ancient China, the earliest smelting technologies in the world, such as tin, copper, iron, gold and silver colors, have been developed through the improvement of ceramic glaze firing technology, such as the technical of metal inlay of gold and silver products are the most advanced technology. Chinese ancient people not only mastered the technology of high temperature, but also invented the technology of controlling substances to cool down and discolor. The building bluish-gray bricks widely used in the south of the Yangtze River in China are the very hot bricks in the firing process, which are cooled and discolored by dipping in water and become the unique bluish-gray bricks and eaves tiles in the south of the Yangtze River. Therefore, the elegant and soft color style of bluish-gray bricks, white walls and green lake in the south of the Yangtze River has created a unique colored living environment with "water village in the south of the Yangtze River". Chinese celadon has individual graphic and color the pattern of turtle cracks is also used to produce the unique artistic texture of Chinese porcelain enamel by cooling firing technology. Chinese Han Dynasty portrait brick has not only unique bluish-gray, but also full of beautiful relief patterns, creating a shadow visual color art effect. Su Embroidery, one of the four famous Chinese embroideries, splits the silk thread into the thinnest silk threads and embroiders the beautiful fish's tail on the transparent silk. It also has the translucent color texture art of the cat's shape edge plush. All the color handcrafts is incomparable with any painting technique. This is the unique Chinese color language created by Chinese craftsmen.
Chinese traditional color culture and color language are both Chinese and the world. We want inheriting the heritage significance of traditional color culture and creating a beautiful and fashion future together.
注：缪 维为北京工业大学设计艺术学院教授和中国流行色协会荣誉理事等
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