British Colour Standard©

A colour name popular in use since the beginning of the nineteenth century standardised here at the request of many colour using industries. This colour is found in Chinese imperial...

A descriptive colour name from the illustrations of the sacred beetle of Ancient Egypt.

A colour found in Genoese fabrics of the 16th Century. By the mid 15th Century the silk industry had become the largest employer in Genoa, but the growth of this...