This page quotes with permission the Blue Book, 3rd edition (p.21), with some minor editorial changes and additions. More terms and abbreviations are defined on the Blue Book Notations Explained page.
Color is subjective and often difficult to characterize. There are scientific color numbering systems in use in the publishing and textiles industries, but collectors tend to use more descriptive terms. The following colors and their corresponding abbreviations were used in describing color for this catalog.
I have started adding links to images showing examples of these colors. In order to keep things as simple as possible the border of the patch will be the color in question. Please remember, the particular shade in each example is not necessarily the only shade to be called that color. Color in patches is highly subjective.
In order for examples to be added as quickly as possible, if you know of a good example of a border color not already shown here, please write me so I may add the link.
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Metallics GMY = gold mylar SMY = silver mylar BKM = black mylar BMY = blue mylar GRM = green mylar OMY = orange mylar PMY = pink mylar RMY = red mylar Reds DRD = dark red RED = red LRD = light red DPK = dark pink LPK = light pink MAR = maroon Orange DOR = dark orange ORG = orange LOR = light orange Orange With Red COP = copper ROR = red orange SAM = salmon PCH = peach, light salmon Yellows DYL = dark yellow, golden YEL = yellow LYL = light yellow, lemon PYL = pale yellow MAN = manilla, buff, cream |
Browns DBR = dark brown BRN = brown, chocolate LBR = light brown RBR = red brown GBR = gray brown TAN = light olive brown, sand Greens DGR = dark green, explorer green FGR = forest green GRN = green LGR = light green PGR = pale green, mint Green With Brown KAK = khaki DKH = dark khaki LOL = light olive OLV = olive DOL = dark olive Blue With Green DTQ = dark turquoise BTQ = bright turquoise TRQ = turquoise LTQ = light turquoise PTQ = pale turquoise |
Blues NBL = navy blue, very dark DBL = dark blue, royal BLU = blue, cobalt BBL = bright blue LBL = light blue, sky blue PBL = pale blue, powder blue Purples DPR = dark purple PUR = purple BPR = bright purple LPR = light purple MAR = maroon Purple With Blue DVI = dark violet VIO = violet LVI = light violet, lavender Gray Scale BLK = black DGY = dark gray GRY = gray LGY = light gray PGY = pale gray WHT = white Other RWB = red, white, & blue M/C = multicolored GID = phosphorescent (glow in the dark) |
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