# Visual style: ink-wash New-Chinese ink-wash — a rice-paper field, vast literati whitespace, restrained brush marks, a single seal-stamp accent. Still, considered, Eastern. For cultural reading-shares, philosophy, heritage, self-cultivation, 新中式 narratives. --- ## 1. Shape & decoration - Shape language: minimal brush-stroke marks and hairline dividers; the occasional ink-dark block; a single seal-stamp (印章) square as a focal accent. No cards, no boxes — emptiness is the structure. The brush-stroke and ink-bleed marks are irregular `` shapes with uneven control points — never an `` / `` standing in for a wash, which reads as fake ink. (The seal-stamp square is the one deliberate hard edge.) - Decoration: almost none; what little appears reads as brush and seal. Asymmetric, scroll-like composition with deliberate off-balance. - Whitespace: vast and intentional — the rice-paper field carries most of the page; a few elements float in great calm. ## 2. Typography character - Brush / serif character for titles (calligraphic, expressive) against a clean modern sans body — a Kai × Hei contrast axis. Large airy titles, generous leading, vertical rhythm welcome. > Families are chosen at confirmation `g`; this style asks for a calligraphic-brush title × clean-sans body *character*. ## 3. Using the deck's colors - A pale rice-paper field dominates; ink-dark carries type and the rare ink shape; a single warm seal-red accent appears at one key point — scarce, like a stamp on a scroll. - Near-monochrome ink discipline — restraint is the aesthetic, not abundance. > HEX values come from confirmation `e`; this style only governs the ink-on-paper, single-seal-accent discipline — it names no colors. ## 4. Texture / elevation - Flat — emptiness and brush weight carry depth, not shadow. Optional faint paper grain or low-opacity ink-bleed wash; no drop shadows. ## 5. Paired image-rendering `ink-notes` or `watercolor` — mono-ink or soft-wash imagery that shares the literati restraint.