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The very first colour in our Dictionary of Colour is of course Absinthe, as the colour definitions are written alphabetically.

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 Theodore Roosevelt, which sparked a fashion sensation in the United States at the time. Also known as Sistine in the USA colour system.

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 industries. The descriptive name was adopted following many demands for standardisation. Taken from the wine and general representation of samples submitted by textile and other colour using industries.