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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.

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.

A descriptive name of one of the blues specially produced for China by British dyers at the beginning of the 20th century.  

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 Florence existed between 1575 and 1587 under the patronage of Francesco l de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Following the precedents of classic Chinese blue and white porcelain, decorations were painted in under-glaze blue, which resulted in a range of hues when fired—from a bright cobalt blue to grey 

A colour much used in French and English tapestries of very early date. This colour was matched to seventeenth century Mortlake tapestries at the V.&A.