British Colour Standard©

A colour determined in 1938. See also maize, a paler tone. Maize from Spanish: maíz after Taíno mahiz), also known as corn, is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous people in southern Mexico about 10,000 years...

A colour, which became known under this name during the nineteenth century, probably from Turkey red and Adrianople Red.

A descriptive colour name from the licks of fire in a roaring furnace. More red than Grenadine Red.

The humble, discarded cement sack, leftover from the construction industry is reborn into a new use. The sacks are collected up by an ingenious company that we met last year in India (when...