Colour Stories
BRITISH COLOUR STANDARD - Grass Green No. 87
This colour was standardised in 1934. It is one of the oldest existing colour names : M. & P. quote 700A.D. as the earliest known record. The colour here shown...
BRITISH COLOUR STANDARD - Genoese Pink No. 1
A colour found in Genoese fabrics of the 16th Century. By the mid 15th Century the silk industry had become the largest employer in Genoa, but the growth of this...
BRITISH COLOUR STANDARD - Brick Dust No.189
An old colour name dating back to the 17th Century. The colour represents the average of a number of samples submitted by textile and other colour using industries. Introduced into the seasonal...