Presented as a public service...
Gamboge | Bice | Ultramarine | Saxe Blue |
Chinese White | Purple Madder | Silk Green | Tyrian Purple |
Primrose Yellow | Raw Umber | Burnt Sienna | Vermillion |
Donkey Brown | Mandarin | Crimson Lake | Cobalt Blue |
Persian Blue | Naples Yellow | Raw Sienna | Hooker's Green |
Indian Yellow | Prussian Blue | Lamp Black | Paris Green |
Vandyke Brown | Duck Egg Blue | British Racing Green | Pansy Violet |
Scarlet Lake | Sap Green | Venetian Red | Yellow Ochre |
Cerulean | Salmon Pink | Viridian | Japanese Imperial Purple |
For some unaccountable reason I have an urge to dig out the Oxo tin full of pastels...
Memories of flares, 10cc, and trips on my oul red bicycle just came flooding back.
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting this. I love seeing the different blues and I really don't remember Hooker's Green.
ReplyDeleteYes, Hooker's Green is the odd one out isn't it?
ReplyDeleteTremendous Kevin. And a public service already made use of as I've linked to this page from today's post. How else could I attempt to provide more or less accurate descriptions for the colours of Penguin book jackets?
ReplyDeleteThankyou Kevin
ReplyDeleteI've been worrying about Bice.
Now I see the problem - it is rather forgettable isn't it.
I always had a soft spot for mandarin. Now, I'm more of a satsuma in my current role.
ReplyDeleteGreat to meet Bice - I like him!
ReplyDeleteJimmy: happy to serve, old lad
ReplyDeletefairyhedgehog: I'm amazed at how much I enjoyed doing this. And just to reassure you and Gadjo: Hooker's Green's real enough. I've still got a tube of Romney watercolour somewhere.
Gareth: do you know, I hadn't noticed that!
Kaz: you're welcome. Eminently forgettable I think.
Madame: a girl needs a hobby (-:
Lulu: it occurs to me that it's a colour that men of my age could do well to wear. Especially trousers.
I'm madder than purple
ReplyDeleteBut lovely with it! (-:
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