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Colour Stories
BRITISH COLOUR STANDARD - Saxe Blue No. 285
A colour name popular in the textile and allied trades since 1550. Standardised in 1934. Really an improper name for a specific colour sensation, since Saxon Blue, from which Saxe...
BRITISH COLOUR STANDARD - Rose Taupe No. 369
The first recorded use of rose taupe as a colour name in English was in 1924. Taupe is a dark brown colour in-between brown and grey. The word derives from...
BRITISH COLOUR STANDARD - Petunia Purple No. 165
A colour adopted by the textile and paint trades during the nineteenth century and standardised in 1934. Carefully matched to the flower of that name and the average of a...