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Design reusable Chinese traditional color systems for content series. Use when a user needs color rules for Xiaohongshu covers, WeChat articles, video thumbnails, course slides, newsletters, recurring columns, editorial series, carousels, or multi-part content that must stay recognizable over time.

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xxd-content-series

Purpose

Use this skill when a creator needs repeated content to feel like one series while still giving each issue, column, or episode enough variation.

Pain Points This Solves

  • Content teams lose recognition when every cover uses a new palette.
  • Repeating the exact same template creates fatigue and makes new posts hard to distinguish.
  • Platform templates need fixed brand layers, variable topic layers, and rules simple enough to use every week.

Data Contract

  • Use the bundled references inside this skill:
    • references/chinese-color-master-list.md: full 742-color Markdown source list.
    • references/chinese-color-harmony.csv: complete machine-readable harmony table for all 742 colors.
    • references/chinese-color-harmony.md: Markdown version of the same harmony relationships.
  • Give recurring colors stable roles.
  • Avoid assigning too many equally strong colors to columns; recognition usually comes from stable structure plus controlled variation.

Series Workflow

  1. Identify the publishing system:
    • Platform: Xiaohongshu, WeChat, newsletter, video, PPT/course, blog, poster series.
    • Cadence: daily, weekly, seasonal, campaign, course module.
    • Number of columns, formats, or recurring segments.
    • Recognition goal: subtle author identity or strong cover identity.
  2. Create the fixed layer:
    • Canvas/background family.
    • Title and body text colors.
    • Author mark or brand mark.
    • Date, issue number, tag, or category marker.
  3. Create the variable layer:
    • Column accents.
    • Topic mood colors.
    • Seasonal rotation colors.
    • Special issue highlight color.
  4. Define reusable templates:
    • Cover or thumbnail.
    • Carousel/list page.
    • Quote or key insight card.
    • Long-form header.
    • Course or episode divider.
  5. Add anti-fatigue rules:
    • What may change every issue.
    • What changes only by column.
    • What must never change.
    • How to rotate accents without making the series look random.

Output Shape

  • Series identity: one paragraph focused on recognition and rhythm.
  • Fixed layer: role, color name, HEX, why it stays stable.
  • Variable layer: column/topic, color name, HEX, rotation rule.
  • Template rules: cover, carousel, article header, quote card, divider.
  • Publishing rules: cadence, rotation, special issues, fatigue limits.

If the user has only one post, use xxd-palette-applier unless they explicitly want a repeatable series.