Me, too, but there is a book (available at Amazon) which supposedly has examples of all the old colors. I think the title has something to do with "elephants" or "smoke". Sorry, I don't remember exactly. It may also have been discussed on the Elizabethan Clothing Tribe.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Laning Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 2:40 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Online dictionary of colors with color swatches Online color guides are also useful if they contain named period colors, since there are quite a few color names that give the uninitiated *no* clue as to which part of the spectrum the color is in. I was a bit disappointed not to see either "Dead Spaniard" or "Goose-turd green" when I looked at the linked site. ;) For that sort of use, the colors don't have to be 100% precise, just close. I was interested to see that it did have "Alice blue" which is apparently a notoriously difficult shade to describe using words alone. I would think that this sort of color guide would also be useful for someone trying to describe the shade that quilters refer to as "that Thirties green," which is quite distinctive once you see it, but which tends not to show up in modern color guides. ____________________________________________________________ O Chris Laning <[email protected]> - Davis, California + http://paternoster-row.org - http://paternosters.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
