佛制比丘六物圖 1.24

1.24

However, while the names of these three colors are ambiguous, their substances are distinct; one must avoid the five primary colors of secular custom (namely blue-green, yellow, red, white, and black) and the five intermediate colors (namely crimson, pink, purple, green, and azure, or sulfur yellow). None of these are the appearance of the Way; the Buddha prohibited all of them. The Yeshu states: "The dharma robes accord with the Way. Variegated patterns and fine brocades agitate the mind and spirit; blue, yellow, and the five colors, and true purple as a primary color, are what the worldly crave, and therefore all are excised alike."