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BRITISH COLOUR STANDARD - Absinthe No. 80
The very first colour in our Dictionary of Colour is of course Absinthe, as the colour definitions are written alphabetically.

BRITISH COLOUR STANDARD - Alice Blue No. 277
This colour name used by Ridgway and Standardised in 1934, has been in general use since 1902. A pale tint of azure favoured by Alice Roosevelt Longworth, the daughter of...

BRITISH COLOUR STANDARD - Champagne No. 385
A comparatively new colour name. It was found necessary to introduce this slightly more orange colour, compared to biscuit, to the BCS Dictionary to meet the requirements of the interior decoration...