Colour Stories

BRITISH COLOUR STANDARD - Moss Green No. 83
A colour standardised in 1934.
There is great diversity of opinion as to what constitutes Moss Green but the colour given here represents the average number of samples.

BRITISH COLOUR STANDARD - Moonstone Grey No. 340
A descriptive name from one of the groups of minerals known as felspars found chiefly in Ceylon.
One of the delicate blues found chiefly in Chinese pottery and silks.

BRITISH COLOUR STANDARD - Medici Blue No.129
A lighter tone of Madonna blue. Medici porcelain was the first successful attempt in Europe to make imitations of Chinese porcelain. The experimental manufactory housed in the Casino of San Marco in...