【編者按】近日，國際知名學術出版機構——英國劍橋學術出版社特邀北京服裝學院色彩研究設計中心主任崔唯教授、北京工業大學藝術設計學院繆維教授對有其新近出版的《色彩語言在中國The Language of Color in China》（周鈞和蓋爾·泰勒撰寫）一書進行學術審讀。隨後，繆維教授為新書《色彩語言在中國》作了英文和中文的書評，並評得到香港理工大學蓋爾·泰勒教授的高度評價：“
Thank you once again. Prof Miao wrote a very vivid and flattering review!
繆教授寫了一篇非常生動和恭維的評論。再次表示感謝。”
《色彩語言在中國》
《色彩語言在中國》讀感
繆維
讀了周鈞和蓋爾·泰勒《色彩語言在中國》以後，深有感觸。此書表達了中國有五千年文明應用色彩沉澱的大智慧。書中的插圖專門展示中國曆代色彩實物作品，向世界介紹了中國工匠創造的豐富色彩歷史作品的經典！
但在人類漫長的歷史長河中，中國的科技和文化是舉世矚目的。而色彩是屬於精神文化領域的範疇。中國的色彩應用和理論有數千年的歷史文底蘊。中國古代工匠們的聰明智慧創造了無數色彩文化的經典作品，展示於世界。書中闡述的中國古代色彩歷史文化不僅是古代中國人應用色彩的物證，並延續和影響至現代中國社會生活。更重要的是我們可以從《中國色彩語言》書中，不僅可以瞭解到中國色彩文化和色彩語言起源、形成和發展的歷史過程，而且可以看到數千年中國色彩科技的光輝的歷史，這些色彩科技孕育出的很多輝煌彩的色彩應用成果。例如，中國古代工匠們應用高溫研製了無數泥土低溫燒製的陶色，進一步研製了世界上最豐富的無與倫比的瓷釉色彩。通過陶釉燒製工藝技術的提高發展了世界上最早的冶煉技術，如錫、銅、鐵、金、銀色彩。其中金銀錯製品就是那個時代最先進的科技。中國古人不僅掌握高溫技術，而且還發明控制物質降溫變色技術。中國江南地區大量使用的建築青磚，就是將燒製過程中很燙的熱磚，用沾水速降溫變色，成為具有江南水鄉獨特的灰色磚瓦，因此江南地區的青磚、白牆、綠水的典雅、柔和的色彩風格，營造了具有“江南水鄉”的獨特色彩居住環境。中國的青瓷所具有的龜裂紋所產生的肌理，也是應用降溫燒製技術，製造了中國特有瓷釉藝術質感的色彩。中國漢代像磚，不僅特有的青灰色，而且充滿了造型優美浮雕圖案，營造陰影視覺色彩藝術效果。著名的中國四大名繡之一《蘇繡》將絲線劈成最細的絲在透明的絹上繡制遊動美麗的魚尾，還有貓的邊沿毛絨的半透明的色彩質感藝術和是任何繪畫技法無法比擬的，這就是中國工匠創造的許許多多獨特的中國色彩語言。
中國傳統色彩文化和色彩語言，既是中國的也是世界的。繼承傳統優秀文化的遺產意義，共同創造時尚未來。
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：繆 維為北京工業大學設計藝術學院教授和中國流行色協會榮譽理事等
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