summary reconstruction of Postage Stamp Color Names

by William H. Beck

(Retsof online version, showing the fuzziness and generality of this reference)

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Color Name	NBS-ISCC color number
A	GO TO TOP
apple green	115	117	131
B	GO TO TOP
bistre	57	63	71	72	74	76	77	79	80	85
	87	88	89	90	91	93	94	95	102	109
	112
bistre brown	29	57	63	76	77	94	106
black	113	264	265	266	267
black brown	61	62	63	64	110	113
black violet	229	230	259	260
blue	163	164	168	169	170	171	172	173	174	177
blue	178	179	181	182	183	184	186
blue black	191	192
blue gray	154	191
blue green	140	141	143	144	145	158	159	160	163	164
blue green	173
blue violet	199
brick red	19	46
bright blue	160	169	178	182
bright blue green	139	140	141
bright green	129	139	141	142
bright red violet	216	218	236	237
bright rose	248	254	262
bright rose violet	248
bright ultramarine	176	178	194	196
bright violet	205	211	216	218	222	223
bright yellow	67	68	70	71	83	84	86	87
brown	10	19	23	37	42	43	45	46	54	55
brown	57	58	60	61	63	64	79	80
brown bistre	76	79	87	94
brown-black	64
brown carmine	12	14	16
brown lake	15	19
brown olive	74	94
brown orange	29	37	39	50	51	53	54	57	68	71
brown orange	76	87
brown purple	228
brown red	11	18	19	46
brown violet	259	262
buff	28	29	31	33	52	53	71	73	76	79
buff	89	92	93
burnt orange	35	51	53	54
C	GO TO TOP
carmine	1	2	3	6	11	12	13	15	19	254
carmine	255	256	258
carmine lake	11	12	15	255	258
carmine rose	1	2	3	11	12	15	19	27	248	255
carmine rose	258
cerise	254	256
chalky blue	185
chestnut brown	38
chocolate	19	22	23	41	46
claret	251	262
claret brown	13	16	228
crimson	11	12
D	GO TO TOP
dark blue	170	173	174	178	179	182	183	186	187	188
dark blue	197	199
dark blue green	141	146	147	151	152	160	163	164	173
dark brown	20	22	23	43	45	58	61	63	64	80
dark brown	93
dark carmine	11	15
dark gray	192
dark green	132	137	141	142	145	146	150	151	155	164
dark ochre	94
dark olive	110	113	127
dark olive green	125
dark red brown	46
dark rose	15
dark slate green	146	147	151	152
dark violet	224	227	228	233	262
dark violet brown	229	230	259	260
deep bistre	94
deep blue	170	173	176	178	179	181	182	186
deep brown	43	55	58
deep claret	16
deep green	117	120	129	130	131	132	133	135	141	142
deep green	145	155	160	163	164	165
deep lake	259
deep magenta	254
deep olive green	125
deep orange	26	53
deep plum	258
deep ultramarine	176	182	194
deep violet	206	218	223	238
dull blue	178	179	181	182	186	192	204
dull buff	31	32	70	71	73
dull green	127	135	137	144	145	151	163
dull lilac	211	227	262
dull orange	10
dull red	35
dull rose	2	18	250
dull vermilion	37
dull violet	228	245	259	261	262
dull yellow	70	71
E	GO TO TOP
emerald	129	130	131	132	139	140	144
F	GO TO TOP
fawn	29	43
G	GO TO TOP
gray	93	112	149	154	155	156	189	192	232	264
gray	265
gray bistre	76	79	94
gray black	63	112	113	155	265
gray blue	182	185	190	203	214	232
gray brown	45	63	94	112
gray green	112	120	122	136	144	145	163
gray lilac	22	63	226	232	249
gray violet	233
green	117	120	129	130	131	132	135	136	139	140
	141	142	143	144	145	148	149	150	154	159
	163	164
greenish black	149
greenish blue	164	169	173
H	GO TO TOP
henna brown	13
I	GO TO TOP
indigo	179	204
L	GO TO TOP
lake	15	16	19	39	258
lemon	82	83	84	85	97
lemon yellow	85	100
light blue	162	163	164	168	172	173	178	181	184
light brown	32
light green	131	135	140
light olive green	106	117	119
light red brown	42
lilac	10	209	210	221	226	227	228	231	232	233
lilac	241	244	252	253	261	262
lilac brown	10	22	63
lilac gray	232
lilac rose	3	18	237	248	249	258
M	GO TO TOP
magenta	205	218	237	242	255	258	259	262
maroon	16	259
mauve	241
milky blue	172
myrtle green	164	165
O	GO TO TOP
ochre	51	53	57	67	71	73	74	83	84	86
ochre	87
olive	95	110	122
olive bistre	69	72	74	77	85	87	88	89	90	91
olive bistre	93	94	106	112	122	264
olive black	110	113
olive brown	58	63	78	80	81	95	110	113
olive gray	107	112	113	122	155	156
olive green	88	89	90	91	93	100	106	107	109	110
	112	113	117	120	122	123	125	127	150	151
	155	156
olive yellow	31	33	73	86	87	89	93
orange	25	26	28	29	34	35	37	48	49	50
	51	52	53	66	67	68	69	70	71	72
	73	76	83	84	86	87	89
orange brown	16	37	39	40	51	53	54	55	57	58
orange brown	60	79
orange buff	29
orange red	6	35	37
orange vermilion	37	51
orange yellow	48	49	50	52	67	68	69	70	71
P	GO TO TOP
pale blue	186	232
pale brown	53	57
pale gray green	121
pale green	119	120	143
pale lilac	252
pale olive green	120
pale yellow-green	116	119	130
peacock blue	169
pink	2	3	26	246	247	248	258
plum	236	238	256
prussian blue	170	174
prussian green	160	161	164	170
purple	197	200	207	211	215	216	218	219	223	241
purple	242	245
purple brown	228
purplish bistre	33
R	GO TO TOP
red	3	5	8	12	19	26	27	28	29	35
red	36	37
red brown	8	16	18	19	22	31	32	37	38	42
red brown	43	51	53	54	57	58	74	77	95
reddish brown	46
red lilac	8	258	262
red orange	11	25	34	35	50
red purple	238	259
red violet	216	218	219	222	223	237	238	240	241	249
red violet	250	253	262
rose	1	2	3	4	5	6	12	13	15	19
	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	37	227
	247	248	249	250	251	254	255	258	262
rose brown	11	13	14	256	257
rose carmine	3	254	255	258
rose lake	5	259	262
rose lilac	237	240	250	251	258	262
rose pink	254
rose red	3	15	16
rose violet	237	238	241	256	258
royal blue	179
S	GO TO TOP
salmon	26	28	29
salmon rose	2	4	26	28	29
scarlet	3	11	12	15	34
sepia	63
slate	149	151	155	156	187	188	191	192	201	204
slate	266
slate blue	164	186
slate green	109	112	123	125	145	151	155
straw	87
T	GO TO TOP
turquoise blue	172
turquoise green	158	159
U	GO TO TOP
ultramarine	176	177	178	179	181	182	185	186	194	195
ultramarine	196	198	199	200	202	203	204	210
umber brown	61
V	GO TO TOP
vermilion	6	12	15	18	19	26	27	30	35	36
vermilion	37	38
violet	16	200	206	210	211	214	217	218	222	223
	226	227	228	229	238	240	244	245	250	252
	253	261
violet black	20	234
violet blue	196
violet brown	19	228	259
Y	GO TO TOP
yellow	28	29	48	49	50	52	53	57	66	67
	68	69	70	71	72	73	76	82	83	84
	85	86	87	88	89	90	92
yellow brown	33	38	42	45	53	54	55	57	72	74
yellow brown	106
yellow buff	29	53	71	73	76	89	90
yellow green	117	120	129	130	131	132	134	135	136	137
yellow green	139	140	141	143	144	145
yellow orange	50	53

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