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xxd-existing-design-audit

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Audit an existing design or color list and translate it into Chinese traditional colors. Use when a user provides screenshots, HEX values, CSS variables, brand colors, Figma styles, UI themes, posters, or asks what is wrong with a current palette and how to repair it using Chinese traditional colors.

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xxd-existing-design-audit

Purpose

Use this skill when the user is not starting from zero. It should preserve what is working, identify the real color problems, and convert the palette into a cleaner Chinese traditional color system.

Pain Points This Solves

  • Existing designs often contain duplicate accents, hardcoded near-matches, and unclear role ownership.
  • A full redesign can destroy brand recognition when a conservative repair would be better.
  • Designers need to know whether to keep, merge, replace, or remove colors, not just see nearest matches.

Data Contract

  • Use the bundled references inside this skill for replacements:
    • 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.
  • Separate user input colors from nearest traditional matches.
  • Preserve brand recognition unless the user asks for a full redesign.
  • For screenshots, only give exact matches when actual sampled HEX values are available; otherwise describe likely issues and request sampling for precision.

Audit Workflow

  1. Inventory the current palette:
    • Extract HEX values or list provided values.
    • Assign current roles: background, text, CTA, accent, border, status, chart, decoration.
    • Identify repeated near-colors and orphan colors with no clear role.
  2. Diagnose root causes:
    • Too many accents.
    • Low contrast or unclear reading hierarchy.
    • Similar colors doing different jobs.
    • Same job using different colors.
    • Brand mood mismatch.
    • Light/dark mode mismatch.
    • Decorative color competing with function.
  3. Map each input color to 1 to 3 nearest traditional colors.
  4. Choose a repair level:
    • Conservative: only replace failures and near-duplicates.
    • Balanced: preserve recognition but rebuild roles.
    • Full system: create a traditional-color system when requested.
  5. Assign actions: keep, merge, replace, remove, or reserve for accent.
  6. Recommend the next skill only after the repair path is clear.

Output Shape

  • Current diagnosis: specific, non-judgmental, tied to roles.
  • Inventory table: input HEX, current role, problem, nearest traditional color, confidence.
  • Repair plan: keep, merge, replace, remove, or reserve.
  • Final role palette: role, color name, HEX, usage.
  • Migration notes: CSS/Figma/token names if relevant.
  • Next step: xxd-accessible-color, xxd-ui-token, xxd-brand-system, or xxd-palette-applier.

Do not recommend a complete rebuild when a focused repair solves the problem.