Lesser-Known Color Vocabulary: A Through C

oh my gosh! I'm excited that my color study got recognized! Thank you!

I have an original stamp colour chart made for Stanley Gibbons in the 1930s. It may be slightly faded, but I tried to get a decent color from the 100 "stamps" on here. You may also search for retsof palettes starting with 1930s (without quotes).

Open each color to see the graphic scan from the original.

There must be a character limit. I broke these up. Notice that these hues are lighter than the bright colors of today. Scarlet and crimson are DEFINITELY thought of now as very scalding colors.

This reminds me to continue. I have an original color name dictionary with printed color spots from 1930, and a revised edition with a home and garden supplement from 1950. The revised has more names, and the color printing was better in 1930, with spot ink colors....tough to do for 7200 choices.

wow this is cool - get more!

oh, there will be more, don't you worry. and i'll keep your color dictionary series in mind, retsof.

thanks everyone.

what fun. do keep adding more!

Wow... I knew a lot of those! I guess it's from going through my word processor's thesaurus and looking up other words for the normal colors. ;o lawl.

I have one palette.. http://www.colourlovers.com/color/EF6122/Titian

But I know a few colors. ;)

Titian;; bright auburn
Damask;; grayish pink-color
carmine;; deep red
lovat;; muted dusty mixture of green and yellow or green and blue
heliotrope;; bluish purple

That's about it.. ;) Keep adding! One of my favorite posts, so far. :D

excellent work!
I recognized quite a few myself! ;D
I await the next installment with interest.

Excellent idea! I was a little concerned about the lack of 'Bs' at first, but my fears were calmed. I look forward to the next installment wth great anticipation.

Miaka is just fabulous like that! ^_^ Much <3 for her.

Yay Miaka!!! :)