How It's Made!
Colour Stories
BRITISH COLOUR STANDARD - Verbena Mauve No. 157
A lighter tint of Amethyst Violet.
Characteristic of the flower Verbena bonariensis.
BRITISH COLOUR STANDARD - Smalt No. 147
The name of the pigment originally made by pulverizing glass coloured with cobalt. Many names are given for this pigment. Smalt, a 16th century name is probably the oldest. This...
BRITISH COLOUR STANDARD - Sky Blue No. 127
A descriptive colour name introduced in 1935. The actual name Sky Blue dates back to the first decade of the eighteenth century; but some of its synonyms are much older....