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Colour Stories
BRITISH COLOUR STANDARD - Chartreuse Green No.79
A colour name from the liqueur standardised in 1934, The liqueur was manufactured at the Grande Chartreuse Monastery, near Grenoble (France) by Carthusian monks, from 1607 until 1901,when the monks...
BRITISH COLOUR STANDARD - Beryl Blue No.329
Matched to specimens of the precious stone, Beryl Blue, a paler version of Zircon blue. Beryl from the Greek Berullos, which referred to the precious blue-green colour of sea-water stone. Standardised...
BRITISH COLOUR STANDARD - Mandarin Blue No. 135
A descriptive name of one of the blues specially produced for China by British dyers at the beginning of the 20th Century.