tiān​dì​xuán​huáng

heaven and earth are dark and yellow

Senses

天地玄黄/ 天地玄黃 tiān​dì​xuán​huáng heaven and earth are dark and yellow

The first line of the 千字文 qiān​zì​wén, describing the colors of the universe at its beginning: 'dark' refers to the color of the sky and 'yellow' to the color of the earth.

References

see 天地玄黄/天地玄黃 千字文/千字文